My Take: "RocknRolla"

I have always wanted to feel cool and review a movie. This post is the perfect example of me blogging something for me, not so much for others. Because I'm not a professional movie reviewer, I can get away with reviewing a movie that came to theaters a year ago. Thursday night I was hanging out with my brother-in-law, Nick, who was recovering from wisdom teeth removal. He used his fancy technological device called a "PS3" to rent the movie RocknRolla. This was a movie that came and went through the theaters last year with very little fan fare.

I had been curious to see this movie for one simple fact: it was written and directed by Guy Ritchie. The same mind that brought us Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and one of my all time favorites, Snatch. There is a very distinct style that I enjoyed about these movies, and I was curious to see if RocknRolla was going to stay true to this formula, or bring something different. It did both.

A steady blend of comedy and action, it's a story of many different characters living separate lives, but with similar goals. These similar goals end up bringing entertaining twists, and in the end all of these characters together. There are several familiar faces in the cast: Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, some dude from The Office, Jeremy Pivin, a guy who I think is the British Andy Garcia, and Chris Bridges AKA Ludacris.

Overall, I was thoroughly entertained and very much enjoyed RocknRolla. If you've enjoyed the other movies by Madonna's more talented better half, or you like action-comedies with plenty of plot twists, you should definitely take a look at this one. It's not as crass or violent, in my opinion, as Guy's other films, but just as enjoyable. Also, if you don't like movies with "hard to follow British accents" (Dad) then you may not enjoy it... at all.


My Grade: A-