RockNRolla – Review
by john on Mar.10, 2009, under Reviews
I discovered something while watching Guy Ritchie’s latest. He has either lost something these past few years, or he’s a genius and I can only stand in vapid silence trying to think of something witty as drool strings down my chest.
RockNRolla begs to be spoken with an English accent. The word is like “sarsaparilla” when trying to sound like a cowboy. Like all of Guy Ritchie’s films, there are about six loosely connected plotlines that eventually converge. Picture the Union Jack with a big bow in the middle. Now that image is either incredibly insightful, or I just pissed off all my pals across the Pond. Perhaps both.
I think my biggest problem with RockNRolla was that the plotline I found most interesting was the one that got pushed to the side the quickest. It’s hard to focus on a movie when I’m wondering when they’re gonna get back to the Russians.
On the plus side, I now have two movies where Gerard Butler stands out. As awesome as it would have been for him to play Leonidas, his character was one of the few I enjoyed. The main “rock ‘n rolla” was highly annoying and I just wished he’d shut up. Or get shot. Maybe they can call the sequel RockNSparta.
Grade: C+
