RockNRolla
Movie Review
"RockNRolla"
Review by Eric D. Snider
Grade: C+
Rating: R
Released: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Directed by:
Cast:
You'd think that being married to Madonna, Guy Ritchie would have picked up on the value of occasionally reinventing oneself. But no, he keeps making the same movie, the same ultra-cool exercises in British gangster violence and stylish criminal shenanigans, and "RockNRolla" is the latest entry. Then again, the one time he did try something different, the result was "Swept Away," so maybe he's wise to stay in his comfort zone.
At any rate, "RockNRolla" inspires strong feelings of "meh" in me. It's not nearly as clever, funny, or stylish as "Snatch" or "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," though the accents are a lot less indecipherable this time around, so that's nice. It's also not as good as "Gangster No. 1" or "Sexy Beast" or many of the other gritty British gangster capers that have come around in the last several years. It feels like a rerun -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing, after all. People watch reruns all the time.
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Grade: C+
Rated R, a lot of harsh profanity, a lot of violence
1 hr., 53 min.
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