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Guy Ritchie is Back to What He Does Best with the "RocknRolla" Trailer

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Adam Quigley Posted: June 25, 2008 Filed under: Trailers

I haven't been holding out much hope for RocknRolla, Guy Ritchie's latest forray into the adrenaline-fueled British gangster action/comedy genre that he himself pioneered, but EmpireOnline.com has brought us the world exclusive trailer and now I'm singing a different tune.

This movie looks like such a vast improvement over his last couple of duds (Swept Away, Revolver), and the reason why is obvious: he's returned to his old bag of tricks. People have criticized Ritchie in the past for being a one-trick pony, and I'd have to agree, but when those tricks include Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, I am happy to enjoy another helping of Ritchie goodness. And RocknRolla looks to be just that. It's got everything we love about those films, from the oddball collection of characters to the gritty crime-laden storyline to the deadpan snappy banter.

A day ago I couldn't have cared less about this film coming out, and now I can't wait to see it. I doubt it will live up the precedent set by Ritchie's kickass one-two punch debut, but at the very least, it'll be nice to see a film from him that doesn't make you want to bludgeon yourself in the face with a rusty object.

[Source Empire]

3 Comments

Looking Forward to It

Submitted by mr62 (not verified) on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 06:07.

I'll have to agree that it looks like an great improvement over his last few movies, but 'Revolver' wasn't all that bad. Sure it had it's flaws and was hyped as another 'Snatch', but it was so much more than that. And yeah, he can be dubbed a one-trick pony, but is that really a bad thing? He's still early in his career so he could still break this label. He's only released four films (with this one being number five) and just because 3 of them shared a similar British gangster premise, he's gonna be frowned upon? He writes and directs what he wants to do. He's not handed a script like Spielberg and expected to make 'Jaws'. Guy Ritchie takes risks and I'm looking forward to this film whether it's another 'Lock, Stock...'/'Snatch' or not, since I like to be entertained and his movies do a good job in entertaining me.

RE: mr62

Submitted by Adam Quigley on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 06:52.

As much as I agree with a lot of what you're saying, such as with it not being all that bad a thing that Ritchie's a one-trick pony, I think the reason he's become so harshly criticized in more recent years is that the only two films he's made outside of his comfort zone have been considered dreadful.

While there's no doubt that Ritchie has and will always have his fair share of haters, I think if he can go back to doing what he's good at in a way that doesn't undermine his previous works then people will forgive and forget about his duds. After all, look at Kevin Smith.

For now though, people will continue to be suspect.

RocknRolla

Submitted by Liam H on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 09:23.

We all know how Ritchie Guy does his best for his career. However, for sure everyone is aware about Ritchie Guy and Madonna’s relationship. Though how many times he denies about it yet, truth will go to disclose because there’s no secret that isn’t revealed. Now that Guy Ritchie speaks out, the public wasn’t even surprised about this issue. He soon will see a payday of between $76 million and $92 million, Madonna’s spokeswoman says. However, they are still in the progress of still ironing out the details of their divorce settlement. While many female celebrities emerge a divorce with more than they can carry, Madonna’s payout to Ritchie goes above and beyond. The settlement includes the couple’s country home in western England and their pub in London. To read more about the couple’s split and Ritchie’s huge payday.

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