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October 31, 2008
At the Movies: Guy Ritchie's back in form with ‘RocknRolla'
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
For better and for worse, “RocknRolla” is a pretty typical Guy Ritchie movie: intentionally convoluted plotting, eccentric underworld characters, hyperstylized editing and, of course, a killer soundtrack.
| ROCKNROLLA |
 Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell Rating: R for pervasive language, violence, drug use and brief sexuality Running time: 114 minutes |
It's a blast, as usual, with wildly sexy visual flourishes that harken to the best of his work — “Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch” — but since the trailers alone make “RocknRolla” look like a parody of a Ritchie film, it makes you wonder what else the writer-director has inside of him.
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