According to the LA Times, Joel Silver, producer on the much anticipated Guy Ritchie action film, ‘RocknRolla’, may be looking to ship the film off to a different studio. The producer was seen last week showing the film to executive from Liongate and Sony Pictures. Silver initially said he was screening the film to other studios to get advice about marketing and releasing the film. Continue reading Is RocknRolla looking for a new home?
Robert Downey Jr. has solidified himself as the new superstar of Hollywood and his next appearance on screen will be as Sherlock Holmes for Guy Ritchie to come out next year. The direction the film is going to take has been a bit mysterious, other than it was going to be a serious take that gets back to Holmes’ roots. Well Downey’s quote in a recent interview is very intriguing as to where they are going with this:
“It’s definitely going to be Guy Ritchie’s take and it’s going to be done in classical 1891 surroundings but not going to be particularly stylised.” With a contemporary tone, he adds. “I think what’s contemporary about it is that you go back to the real truth of Sherlock Holmes – is that he’s a lot more broad and less stoic than I remember seeing him depicted. He’s a bare knuckle boxer, a martial artist and a complete weirdo which is why I said I’d love to do this.”
Bare knuckle boxing, martial arts, and a smart talking weirdo, sign me up! You can read the rest of the interview here at Dark Horizons.
Guy Ritchie is back with a new flick and a badass cast. ‘Rock N Rolla’ is set in London, “a stolen painting pits some of the city’s scrappiest tough guys (Butler, Elba) against its more established underworld players (Wilkinson).”
This movie looks and sounds badass. I am ready to see Butler in a new action movie that doesn’t contain any Numbers (300).
Guy Ritchie’s new flick ‘RockNRolla’ gets a trailer finally… but you have to go watch it on Empire. This movie looks badass, much like any other Guy Ritchie movie. Here is the synopsis:
“When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London’s criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune.” – Wikipedia
“London’s criminal underworld takes notice of a Russian mobster’s shady land deal, a scam that puts millions of dollars up for grabs.” – IMDB
The movie stars Gerard Butler, Jeremy Piven, Tom Wilkinson, and Ludacris (yes the rapper). Jason Statham was supposed to be the lead character here, but apparently didn’t happen because of a scheduling conflict.
The only crappy thing about this movie, it opens on Halloween night 2008..the same night as ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’. Damn dude!
Warner Bros. has selected Guy Ritchie to write and direct a new version of Sherlock Holmes. This adaptation, based on an upcoming comic book by Lionel Wigram, will present Holmes in a new light. They want Holmes to be less of the traditional British stiff and more adventuresome. Ritchie will rewrite the script originally crafted by Michael Johnson. The film is tentatively planned for an October 2010 release.
Tagline: The greatest trick that he ever pulled was making you believe that he is you.
What? It takes you a while to figure out exactly what the heck this movie is all about, but once you do its simply freakin’ brilliant. I’ve loved the films of Guy Ritchie [except for Swept Away, of course] ever since the first time I saw Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Ritchie has his own unique way of structuring his films and they’re always so energetic and exhilarating. Ritchie is a writer-director that combines all the best aspects of fresh film-making into movie’s that work and aren’t pretentious, but are still edgy and entertaining.
Revolver (2005/2007 USA) is no exception, but Ritchie has raised the bar with this film. The average movie-goer wouldn’t peg Ritchie for being the cerebral type of film-maker, but then again … what does the average movie-goer know? After all, if cerebral films were popular in the mainstream, it wouldn’t have taken Ritchie two years to raise money to make this film and two more years to get a limited release in the USA after premiering in 2005. Revolver is a thinking person’s movie, but it also still holds true to Ritchie’s trademark style.
In a nutshell, Revolver is about Jake Green, played by Jason Statham, a man who has just been released from a seven year term in prison. Green is dead set on making the man who put him there pay his dues. That man is Dorothy Macha, played by Ray Liotta, a man who has done very well for himself while Green was away. Two years after Green’s release, he has developed a hearty success and makes his move on Macha. Just when Green thinks things are looking up, he finds himself thrown into the oddest of predicaments. Green learns of some things, meets some strange characters and begins experiencing some extremely bizarre experiences. Sorry … my vagueness at this point is crucial to not spoiling the movie for you. Sort of like trying to tell you about Pulp Fiction without giving anything away.
To put it simply, Revolver is about Green’s struggle to overcome the fallacy of his perceived enemy and to vanquish his true enemy … the enemy within. Don’t look at me like that … see the movie. Statham is great, despite the fact that his normal action-packed performance is all but non-existent. The true acting gem of this film is Ray Liotta who plays a boss that is gradually losing his empire, his control and his mental marbles. It does take some patience getting to the guts of the story, but its worth sticking out. Besides, Revolver is anything but boring while on the journey to enlightenment that Ritchie so generously sends us on. As always in Guy Ritchie films, this movie contains plenty of funky shots and sequences, time shuffled in editing, well-balanced humor and seriousness, great music and great characters to boot. Just remember you’re getting a bonus this time … its like watching Guy Ritchie direct an ancient Greek allegory.
[rating:4/5]
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