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 | Loan Shark | Flashback

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
Tom Wu	...	Lord John
Ian Puleston-Davies	...	Eddie A
Jimmy Flint	...	Eddie B
Brian Hibbard	...	Eddie C
Bruce Wang	...	Fat Dan
Tony Tang	...	Wong
George Sweeney	...	Lou
Martin Herdman	...	Slim Biggins
Tony Denham	...	Patrick
Serge Soric	...	Rade
Trevor Stuart	...	Mr. Horowitz
Togo Igawa	...	Fred
Gary Tang	...	Tim
Louis Dempsey	...	Macha's Pit Boss Slick
Ricky Grover	...	Hamish
Benjamin Feitelson	...	Doug Finny
Abbi Bashir	...	North African Man
Evie Garratt	...	Old Lady
Mem Ferda	...	Macha's Goon
Mario Woszcycki	...	Macha's Elevator Man
Eddy Lemare	...	Macha's Doorman (as Eddy Lemar)
Kamay Lau	...	Waitress
Jeffrey Zade Rudom	...	Fat Man (as Jeffrey Rudom)
Mercedes Grower	...	Billy's Wife
Hon Ping Tang	...	Lord John's Man
Brendon Burns	...	Electrician
Joerg Stadler	...	Prisoner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cassia Gladys Peman-Cadan	...	Billy's Daughter
Jeff Rudom	...	Fat Man
Michael Thompson	...	Ste prisoner
Sacha Bennett	...	Architect (uncredited)
Warren Clark	...	Macha's Goon (uncredited)
Jasmine Lennard	...	(uncredited)
Derek Mak	...	Lord John Security Man (uncredited)
Woon Young Park	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)
Peter Rnic	...	Convict (uncredited)
Andy Skinner	...	Chef (uncredited)

Directed by
Guy Ritchie

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luc Besson		adaptation
Guy Ritchie		written by

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	co-producer
Steve Christian	....	executive producer
Steve Clark-Hall	....	line producer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer
Virginie Silla	....	producer
Pierre Spengler	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Nathaniel Mechaly

Cinematography by
Tim Maurice-Jones

Film Editing by
Romesh Aluwihare
Ian Differ
James Herbert

Casting by
Mindy Marin
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Eve Stewart

Art Direction by
Sam Stokes
Ed Walsh

Set Decoration by
Anna Lynch-Robinson

Costume Design by
Verity Hawkes

Makeup Department
Kirstin Chalmers	....	hair designer
Kirstin Chalmers	....	makeup designer
Katy Fray	....	additional makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	silicone technician
Waldo Mason	....	prosthetics supervisor
Donald McInnes	....	additional makeup artist
Donald McInnes	....	hair stylist
Laura McIntosh	....	makeup artist
Leela Menon	....	hair trainee
Leela Menon	....	makeup trainee
Sharon O'Brien	....	hair stylist
Sharon O'Brien	....	makeup artist
Sara Riesel	....	hair stylist
Sara Riesel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Charlotte Ashby	....	production manager
Eddie Booth	....	unit manager: IOM
Joanna Manderson	....	unit manager: London
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker	....	second assistant director
Paul Bennett	....	third assistant director
Adam Coop	....	additional third assistant director
Susan Jasso	....	second second assistant director
Max Keene	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Peter Agbaba	....	painter
Nurey Al-Kahzrajie	....	art runner: IOM (as Nuray Al Kahzrajie)
Grant Armstrong	....	stand-by art director
Robert Armstrong	....	stand-by rigger
David Ball	....	carpenter
Lee Biggs	....	chargehand carpenter
Alex Boswell	....	stand-by props
Mark Brady	....	carpenter
Alan Briant	....	storeman
Leigh Bryant	....	storeman
Graham Chalk	....	props assistant: FT2 trainee
David Cheesman	....	dressing props (as Dave Cheesman)
David Chettleborough	....	carpenter (as Dave Chettleborough)
Graham Cole	....	carpenter
Jamie Davies-Evans	....	painter
Gary Davies	....	carpenter
Jose del Pino	....	metal worker
Jason Lee Etienne	....	art runner: London (as Jason Etienne)
Gary Evans	....	stagehand
Jools Faiers	....	graphic designer
David Fitzjohn	....	chargehand painter
Andrew Forrest	....	stand-by props
Ben Fry	....	work experience
Mary Gibbs	....	art department assistant
Andrew Grant	....	art director prep
Darren Hayward	....	supervising carpenter
Mike Houseman	....	construction manager
Frank Howe	....	drapesman
Jose Jimenez Cortes	....	metal worker
Matt Langley	....	stand-by carpenter
William Lawlor	....	model maker
Anna Lynch-Robinson	....	set decorator buyer
Choi Ho Man	....	draughtsman
Simon Marjoram	....	carpenter (as Simon Marjorah)
Angel Martinez Martinez	....	metal worker
Leon McCarthy	....	stand-by carpenter
David McHenry	....	draughtsman
Richard Mills	....	prop master
Desmond O'Boy	....	stand-by stagehand (as Des O'Boy)
Martin O'Connor	....	stagehand
Martin O'Connor	....	stand-by stagehand
Eddie O'Neill	....	stagehand
Mark Overall	....	carpenter
Neil 'Dulux' Palfreman	....	carpenter (as Neil Palfreman)
Robert Park	....	carpenter (as Rob Park)
Kevin Plumb	....	sculptor
David Price	....	stand-by rigger (as Dave Price)
Jacqueline Roche	....	set craft apprentice: FT2
Guy Rutter	....	supervising painter
Don Santos	....	dressing props
Nick Sargent	....	carpenter
Russell Sargent	....	carpenter (as Russ Sargent)
Stuart Sinclair	....	stand-by painter
Paul Stewart	....	carpenter
Rob Sutton	....	carpenter (as Robert Sutton)
Sarah Whittle	....	art department assistant
Mark Williamson	....	carpenter
Barry Wilson	....	drapesman
Dennis Wilson	....	carpenter (as Denis Wilson)
Ian Wilson	....	metal worker
Robert R. Wonson	....	set dresser
Bradley Woodbridge	....	painter
Leslie Wylie	....	carpenter (as Les Wylie)
Dorrie Young	....	art department assistant: FT2 trainee

Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Bernard	....	foley editor
Thomas Bernard	....	sound recordist
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant sound recordist
Graham Day	....	sound assistant
Jérôme Devoise	....	sound recordist
Frederic Dubois	....	supervising sound designer (as Fred Dubois)
Rik Elliott	....	adr mixer
François Fayard	....	sound designer
Arthur Fenn	....	boom operator
Simon Hayes	....	production sound mixer
Nikolas Javelle	....	assistant sound editor (as Nicolas Javelle)
Richard Jay	....	sound recordist: epk
Robin Johnson	....	sound recordist: second unit
Khama Matiti	....	adr mixer
Bridget O'Driscoll	....	supervising dialogue editor
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Fabrice Sauré	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Yannick Vergne	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Tony Auger	....	special effects coordinator
Jonathan Bullock	....	special effects technician
Dean Ford	....	special effects trainee
Graham Hills	....	special effects senior technician
Garth Inns	....	pyrotechnician
Anne Marie Walters	....	senior pyrotechnic technician

Visual Effects by
Aurelia Abate	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Catherine Athon	....	visual effects post-production supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Anita Lech Bedez	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Nicolas Bernard	....	digital artist: BUF
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	visual effects coordinator: Eclair Numerique
Olivier Cauwet	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Olivier Chiavassa	....	visual effects production supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Didier Dekeyser	....	visual effects production supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Jacques Delzescaux	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Émilie Feret	....	visual effects coordinator
Beatrice Fraschini	....	visual effects post-production coordinator: Eclair Numerique (as Beatrice Fraschini-Ray)
Delphine Garrelis	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Sophie Gateau	....	digital artist: BUF
Mikael Genachte-Lebail	....	digital artist: BUF
Frederique Gyuran	....	digital artist: BUF
Noel Hocquet	....	digital artist: BUF
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Fabrice Lagayette	....	digital artist: BUF
David Lebrun	....	digital artist: BUF
David Lebrun	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Sebastien Le Neve	....	digital artist: BUF
Anthony Liant	....	digital artist: BUF
Anthony Liant	....	sequence supervisor: BUF (as Anthony Lyant)
Rahel Makonnen	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Malika Mazauric	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Joyce Menger	....	visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Stéphane Moralli	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique (as Stephane Morali)
Stephane Naze	....	visual effect supervisor: BUF
Loris Paillier	....	digital artist: BUF
Loris Paillier	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Alexis Peraste	....	digital artist: BUF
Ugo Pierantoni	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Olivier Prigent	....	digital artist: BUF
Philippe Reinaudo	....	technical supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Eddy Richard	....	digital artist: BUF
Eddy Richard	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Ekkarat Rodthong	....	digital artist: BUF
Laetitia Roure	....	visual effects post-production coordinator: Eclair Numerique
Fred Roz	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique (as Fred Roze)
Melodie Stevens	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Aurélie Villard	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Andrew Walton	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Gary Arthurs	....	stunt double
Stuart Clark	....	stunt double: Jake
George Cottle	....	stunt double
Kelly Dent	....	stunt double
David Garrick	....	stunt double
Paul Herbert	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Miles	....	stunt double
Jeff Schwan	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Wes Ahl	....	grip
Lawrence Bewsher	....	camera operator: Photosonic camera
Danny Espey	....	electrician
Tash Gamper	....	camera trainee
John Hadfield	....	camera operator: Photosonic camera
Guy Hazel	....	focus puller
Paul Holley	....	Genny operator
Steve Kitchen	....	best boy
Joe McGee	....	practical electrician
Malcolm McGilchrist	....	assistant grip
Liam McGill	....	spark
Jamie Mills	....	electrician
Christopher Raphael	....	additional still photographer
Roy Rowland	....	spark
Daniel Smith	....	still photographer
Pat Sweeney	....	gaffer
John Webb	....	focus puller
Garie Wetherill	....	video assist
Peter Wignall	....	Steadicam operator
Peter Wignall	....	camera operator
Terry Williams	....	grip
Joe Wright	....	clapper loader

Animation Department
Abraham Meneu Oset	....	character animator

Casting Department
William Davies	....	casting associate
Cathy Weiner	....	casting associate
David Wheal	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Colford	....	stand-by costume: London
Philip Goldsworthy	....	costume assistant
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	assistant costume designer (as Marcus Love)
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	costume supervisor (as Marcus Love)
Harriet Lyons	....	costume assistant
Marie Meyer	....	wardrobe trainee
Faith Thomas	....	wardrobe mistress
Kendra Torgan	....	costume trainee
Angela Egan	....	costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Basile Belkhiri	....	additional assistant editor
Christophe Boutigny	....	lustre editor
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Mickael Dumontier	....	additional assistant editor
Isabelle Julien	....	digital film grader
Frederic Jupin	....	lustre editor
Fabien Pascal	....	digital film grader
Ross Porter-Ward	....	first assistant editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Andrew Walton	....	second assistant editor
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation

Music Department
John Bell	....	music transcription
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant music mixer
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	conductor
James Hyman	....	music supervisor
Jean-Pierre Janiaud	....	score recordist
Jérôme Lateur	....	music executive producer
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Didier Lozahic	....	music recordist: strings
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Nathaniel Mechaly	....	music transcription
Nathaniel Mechaly	....	score producer
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor
Fabrice Sauré	....	music scoring mixer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor

Transportation Department
Paul Akbar	....	unit driver: London
Malcolm Corlett	....	unit driver
George Corrigan	....	driver: construction stand-by
Jim Day	....	driver: props runaround
Lawrence Duncan	....	driver: production trailer
Lawrence Duncan	....	facilities captain
Richard Ecksteen	....	driver: wardrobe truck
Barry Goodwin	....	unit driver: London
Adrian Holland	....	unit driver
Matt Hollyfield	....	driver: construction runaround
Ashley Jenkins	....	driver: make-up trailer
Mike Lewis	....	transport captain: IOM
Gary Mavor	....	driver: wardrobe vehicle (7.5t ) (as Gary Maver)
Ron Narduzzo	....	transport captain: London (as Ronald Narduzzo)
John Nichols	....	unit driver: London
Barry Nolan	....	driver: props stand-by
Anthony Piggot	....	driver
Steve Roberts	....	driver: construction stand-by
Steve Rogers	....	unit driver: London
Simon Saunders	....	minibus driver: London
Fiona Singer	....	unit driver
Howard Stevens	....	driver: props stand-by
Llewellyn Thomas	....	driver: camera
Keith Wignall	....	minibus driver: London
Pete Newman	....	unit driver: re-shoots (uncredited)
Karen Russell	....	driver: minibus (uncredited)

Other crew
Susan Chika Anisiobi	....	cashier
Philip Ball	....	stand-in
Alexandra Bouillon	....	assistant production coordinator
John Busow	....	stand-in
Dan Cadan	....	electronic press kit
Barry Dahman	....	security: farmiloes
Tony Dahman	....	night shift
Richard Daldry	....	production coordinator
Neale De Silva	....	script supervisor assistant
Jim Edge	....	security: IOM
David Finnigan	....	production runner
Phil Gates	....	location scout
Phillip Gates	....	scout: IOM
Emily Graham	....	floor runner
Benjamin Greenacre	....	location manager (as Ben Greenacre)
Richard Hill	....	assistant location manager
Neil Hodge	....	head chef
Patrick Isherwood	....	production accountant
Frederic Jupin	....	avid conformation
Laura King	....	construction medic
Andrew MacDonald Brown	....	location scout: London (as Andrew MacDonald-Brown)
Sharon McGuinness	....	assistant location manager: Ft2 trainee
Jamie Mills	....	additional laborer
Adam Morris	....	floor runner
Ashton Radcliffe	....	location scout: London
Isaac Sananes	....	assistant accountant
Anthony Stagles	....	secretary: London
Sian Sutherland	....	location scout: IOM
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Europa Corp.
• Revolver Pictures Co.
• Toff Guy Films
• Isle of Man Film
• Canal+
• Destination Films
• TPS Star

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Astaire (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Japan (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2005) (UK) (all media)
• Monopole-Pathé (2005-2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2005) (Russia) (all media)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• Redbus Film Distribution (2005) (UK) (all media)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)

Special Effects

• BUF (visual effects)
• Éclair Numérique (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• Acacias Films Productions  editing equipment
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chromakey-Hire.Com  blue and green screen supplied by
• Compuhire  video playback
• Digital Factory  sound mixing
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Lee Lighting  lighting equipment
• Studio Davout  music recording: strings
• Studio Gang  score recording
• Studio NX  music pre-production
• Take 2 Film Services  camera equipment provided by
• Take 2 Film Services  crane
• Take 2 Film Services  grip equipment
• Éclair Numérique  digital film grading

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

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

Harvey Keitel passed on this project.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Zach points his gun at Jake in the elevator, the hammer on the gun goes from down to up between shots.

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

This film is good

OK... this movie so far has been slated by critics and board-posters alike (although playing devil's advocate you could suggest that critics are often people who didn't make it for themselves as film-makers, and board posters are often people who didn't make it for themselves as critics) so I wanted to sit in Guy's corner with the magic sponge to perhaps reach maybe a couple of the people who've decided not to see the film based on how everybody seems to be looking down their collective nose of approval at it.

The film's biggest flaw in earning wide support is how unexpectedly complex it is. This has been described many times as as making the film "inaccessible" to the viewer. The film's chronology is relatively non-linear and the characters are used as not only a means of storytelling but as a device for showing us the subtle (or not so subtle) hints of bias we give things as we commit them to memory, IE. Ray Liotta's character brandishing a gun saying the words "fear me" is portrayed as both tragically pathetic (from Statham's POV) or interrogating and bold (from Liotta's POV). This is but one example of Ritchie's far more mature approach he has taken to film-making with Revolver, we have a storyline which is pretty archetypal (the strong but silent gritty anti-hero gets released from jail with a score to settle but gets drawn inadvertently into a world of corruption... I mean it's paint by numbers film noir here guys, all the way down to the vague poetic choice of diction and the gritty voice-overs) but then Guy has taken this framework to make a number of extremely philosophical and complex points.

Take the scene where Jason Statham's character runs afoul of a car. This throwaway sequence could have been emitted from the film and made no difference to the story whatsoever... but Ritchie is making point about how such little chance happenings such as receiving a phone call can make the difference between life and death.

So the final act of the movie is pretty mind boggling, I'd be taking the p*ss if I said I didn't spend the last 20 minutes or so of the film turning to my date going "uh... wtf?"... but that is the shoddiest reason to disregard a piece of art. It is far too easy to dislike something because you find it hard to understand. And even easier to say "well nobody else seemed to understand it so it must be a real turd of a film!". In my humble opinion, Revolver is a stylish, complex and mature piece of modern art which should be greeted with the same manner we would give the work of the Saatchi Brothers. If we choose this opportunity to collectively say "Ah sh*t, I wanted a film about a load of bleeding' cockney gangsters in-nit loll... Guy Ritchie is a tit!" then the day will come when film-makers are allowed only to make that which is expected of them by shallow, crappy people. Just because Guy made a name for himself with funny, cheeky cockney romps, doesn't mean he can't be deep without being "pretentious". Funny people can be thoughtful too.