RocknRolla (Special Edition) (2-DVD) R
A story of sex, thugs and rock 'n roll.
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 27, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson & Thandiwe Newton | |
Performer: | Jeremy Piven, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy & Toby Kebbell | |
Directed by | Guy Ritchie | |
Edited by | James Herbert | |
Screenwriting by | Guy Ritchie | |
Composition by | Steve Isles | |
Produced by | Joel Silver, Guy Ritchie, Susan Downey & Steve Clark-Hall | |
Director of Photography: | David Higgs | |
Executive Production by | Navid McIlhargey |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
An over-long mish-mash of scarcely linked sub-plots...
Moviedex
Guns, gangsters, and Richie's unique style and tone make his latest picture just plain fun.
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At the Movies
Rating: 3/4 --
RocknRolla is a return to form, of sorts, for Mr. Ritchie. ... The British director has returned to familiar territory, that of the small-time hood.
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Washington Times
4 stars out of 5 -- The casting, acting, dialogue and direction are career bests, essaying a touch that comes with experience.
Total Film
Ritchie dials down the pace, soaking up the atmosphere....Ritchie whisks you along on a whirlwind tour, but he's not averse to putting on the brakes long enough to admire some of his favorite attractions.
Los Angeles Times
As ever with Ritchie, RocknRolla is more flash than substance, but beneath the swagger his movie scratches away at British anxieties.
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Movie Talk
Style is what RocknRolla is all about. And it has it in spades, from the cockney Pulp Fiction dialogue to the music-video editing of the rambling narrative.
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Washington Post
Product Description:
Guy Ritchie returns to form with this cockney crime caper starring Gerard Butler and Tom Wilkinson. Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) is a bungling London crime boss who calls the shots in London's underworld. We learn all about Lenny from Archie (Mark Strong)--his second in command--who serves as the film's sly narrator. When a wealthy Russian property dealer by the name of Uri (Karel Roden) looks to Lenny for help on a major new deal, Lenny is eager to assist (for a very large fee, of course). Uri agrees to pay, and as a show of faith, he insists that Lenny borrow his "lucky painting." Uri then asks his accountant, Stella (Thandie Newton), to transfer the money to Lenny, but things quickly go awry when two crooks known as Mumbles (Idris Elba) and One Two (Butler) intercept the money before it reaches him. To make matters worse, the lucky painting has mysteriously been stolen, and the number one suspect is a crack-addicted pop star, Johnny Quid, who is presumed dead. Violent hijinks ensue as Lenny desperately tries to locate the painting, Uri calls in some sadistic thugs to recover his money, and Johnny Quid suddenly resurfaces. Men are battered with golf clubs, fed to crawfish, and attacked with machetes, and a surprise twist ending neatly ties up the whole bloody mess.
Fans of Ritchie will likely be very pleased to see him return to his SNATCH-style of filmmaking. ROCKNROLLA has the same frenetic, humorous edge as the film that made him famous, though critics might complain that this particular style is starting to look a little dusty. Regardless, ROCKNROLLA features many fine performances, and once you get past the rather slow beginning, it kicks off into an entertaining and amusing romp.
Fans of Ritchie will likely be very pleased to see him return to his SNATCH-style of filmmaking. ROCKNROLLA has the same frenetic, humorous edge as the film that made him famous, though critics might complain that this particular style is starting to look a little dusty. Regardless, ROCKNROLLA features many fine performances, and once you get past the rather slow beginning, it kicks off into an entertaining and amusing romp.
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- UPC: 883929053919
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