RocknRolla (2008)
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59% of critics liked it
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71% of users liked it
(54,333 ratings)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie heads back to the London underworld for this hyperkinetic crime comedy concerning a shady land deal that leaves every schemer in the city determined to get rich or die trying. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a lucrative real estate scam,… More Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie heads back to the London underworld for this hyperkinetic crime comedy concerning a shady land deal that leaves every schemer in the city determined to get rich or die trying. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a lucrative real estate scam, every criminal in London wants a piece of the action. Greed is the universal language, and everyone from unrelenting crime boss Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) to street-smart criminal One Two (Gerard Butler), corrupt accountant Stella (Thandie Newton), and unpredictable punk rocker Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) seem to speak it fluently. As the bullets start to fly and the double crosses multiply, there's no telling who will walk away with the fortune after the gun smoke has cleared. Jeremy Piven, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and Quantum of Solace Bond girl Gemma Arterton co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Guy Ritchie
- Written By
- Guy Ritchie
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Sep 4, 2008 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle
Critic Reviews
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Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
This is a wonderful movie.
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Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Guns, gangsters, and Richie's unique style and tone make his latest picture just plain fun.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Ritchie, who shoots and cuts everything in RocknRolla like an ad for a particularly greasy brand of fragrance for men, delivers the beatings and killings in his trademark atmosphere of morally weightless flash.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Style is what RocknRolla is all about. And it has it in spades, from the cockney Pulp Fiction dialogue to the music-video editing of the rambling narrative.
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Ted Fry, Seattle Times
RocknRolla is a recovery from the knockout blows of his past two films but Ritchie is certainly retreading familiar thematic territory.
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Cast
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Gerard Butler
as One Two
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Tom Wilkinson
as Lenny Cole
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Thandie Newton
as Stella
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Mark Strong
as Archy
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Idris Elba
as Mumbles
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Tom Hardy
as Handsome Bob
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Karel Roden
as Uri Obamavich
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Toby Kebbell
as Johnny Quid
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Jeremy Piven
as Roman
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Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
as Mickey
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Jimi Mistry
as Councillor
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Matt King
as Cookie
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Nonso Anozie
as Tank
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Gemma Arterton
as June
- Jamie Campbell Bower
- Ludacris








