This week will see the release of Revolver, the latest cinematic neckbreaker from 39-year-old British helmer Guy Ritchie. His previous gangster films, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and its follow-up, Snatch, were hailed as major events on both sides of the pond upon their release, and today are seen as cornerstones of a new film genre -- the heightened-reality, super-kinetic gangster film, in which the most gruesome toughs and unlikely hoods imaginable all conspire in a near-comical, circle-jerk...
Revolver's getting terrible reviews. Ritchie's lack of ability is finally catching up with him; I guess you can't be a hyper-stylized Martin Scorsese wannabe all your life and still be successful. Although he'll always be popular with popped-collar douchebag tools, which can't hurt him financially.
erin_broadley
Los Angeles, CA
October 2006
DEC 06, 2007 06:00 AM