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"People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the ####ing lot."
When a Russian gangster's (Karel Roden) London real estate scam flops, many of London's slimey underworld characters scramble to get rich from the chaos.
A rather frenetic tale with action and humor and a diversity of personalities including the London mobster Lennie (Tom Wilkinson) who had been setting up the original transaction; Lenny's right hand man Archie (Mark Strong); the Russian's shifty accountant (Thandie Newton); Lenny's doped-up rockstar stepson Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) who wants to get even with Lenny for childhood abuses; the Russian's right hand man Victor (Dragan Micanovic); Wild Bunch members One Two (Gerard Butler), Mumbles (Idris Elba) and Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy) who are in cahoots with the accountant; and Americans Roman (Jeremy Piven) and Mickey (Ludacris) who also get mixed up in the stew.
Written and directed by Guy Ritchie.
Run time: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Rated R for pervasive language, violence, drug use and brief sexuality.
My personal rating: B
When a Russian gangster's (Karel Roden) London real estate scam flops, many of London's slimey underworld characters scramble to get rich from the chaos.
A rather frenetic tale with action and humor and a diversity of personalities including the London mobster Lennie (Tom Wilkinson) who had been setting up the original transaction; Lenny's right hand man Archie (Mark Strong); the Russian's shifty accountant (Thandie Newton); Lenny's doped-up rockstar stepson Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) who wants to get even with Lenny for childhood abuses; the Russian's right hand man Victor (Dragan Micanovic); Wild Bunch members One Two (Gerard Butler), Mumbles (Idris Elba) and Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy) who are in cahoots with the accountant; and Americans Roman (Jeremy Piven) and Mickey (Ludacris) who also get mixed up in the stew.
Written and directed by Guy Ritchie.
Run time: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Rated R for pervasive language, violence, drug use and brief sexuality.
My personal rating: B
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