RockNRolla [movies]  

RockNRolla is exactly what you'd expect from a Guy Ritchie movie, but it's not like that's a bad thing. Being that it's been six years since Snatch came out (we're going to ignore Revolver, for the good of the world), it's been long enough for me to watch his kinetic, frenzied mish-mash of convoluted plotlines and feel like it's moderately fresh and new again. True, he's borrowing from himself with the smash cuts, the bumbling criminal storylines, even direct stylistic shots (the shaky face-cam on Butler during the chase scene is a straight rip off of Lock Stock's "walk home from the poker game" sequence), but still, there's something comforting about his predictiable brand of unpredictability. Add to that some great performances by Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong and Gerard Butler, with a central action sequence that is a fucking riot, RockNRolla is like comfort food, a big plate of fish and chips drowned in vinegar. You probably shouldn't, but it tastes so good.

I'm not even going to attempt to describe the complex and convoluted plot, so I'll just say this. If you still love Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, you'll love this movie. If it's been a while since you saw either of those two movies, you might want to take this for a spin. But it's exactly a Guy Ritchie movie...and like I said, that's not always a bad thing.