Revolver (2005/I)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writers:

Luc Besson (adaptation)
Guy Ritchie (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Your mind will not accept a game this big

Plot:

Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Prison | Gambling | Disease | Boss

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Jake
Ray Liotta	...	Macha
Vincent Pastore	...	Zach
André Benjamin	...	Avi
Terence Maynard	...	French Paul
Andrew Howard	...	Billy
Mark Strong	...	Sorter
Francesca Annis	...	Lily Walker
Anjela Lauren Smith	...	Doreen
Elana Binysh	...	Rachel
Faruk Pruti	...	Ivan (Billy's Bodyguard)
Shend	...	Teddy (Billy's Bodyguard)
Bill Moody	...	Al
Stephen Walters	...	Joe
Vincent Riotta	...	Benny

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2009) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

The stack of bills Avi sniffs are $12 bills. The written-out words also say "Twelve".

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At first when he gets to his house, before he gets to the door, you can see the crew in the reflection in the car's paint.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jake Green: One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every game and con there's always an opponent, and there's always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Robert De Niro/Destiny's Child (#30.8)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C Sharp-Minor, Op. 27, No. 2

Left me in two minds

Wow this is a confusing one i watched this film last night on DVD having missed it at the cinema. It was not what i had expected at all. Whilst viewing at times i was frustrated, annoyed, mystified. But also entertained, interested and encapsulated. I went to bed pondering the film and have spent most of the day thinking it over.

The marketing for the film had led me up one alley and actually seeing the film pulled a U-turn on me. Its so much more than i expected. I like the concept and premise of the enemy within. Guy Ritchie has brought it to screen in a fashion that will not suit everyone but ultimately if you embrace it you get the answers to the questions that are raised. I also think that those questions and answers will differ vastly between viewers as will there reaction to the film.

I like it, it's a dangerous move on Guy's part to put out a film marketed as a bog standard genre movie turn it on its head and see what people think. He 's obviously set out to achieve a thought provoking film set apart from the everyday. Through slick direction and cracking performances from his cast he has made a film that doesn't leave you, It stays in your mind whether you think it good or bad. You certainly won't feel indifferent. It's a piece work which has got people talking. Guy Ritchie should be proud of this project as it would seem he has masterfully achieved what he set out to do.