Revolver (Guy Ritchie's latest)

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Continuing the glut of bad films I've seen recently, I recently rented this movie. There will be some spoilers (of the initial premise) below so don't read if you don't want to know.

Here is the premise. Tell me if this makes any sense to you. A guy has been in jail for seven years. He gets out of jail and decides to take on his old nemesis in a poker game. He cleans him out and wins like 250,000 dollars or something. He then has some sort of epileptic fit or something and finds out he has a rare blood disease where he will die in 3 days. On top of that, he is almost killed in a shootout (from the guy who he cleaned out - Ray Liotta).

He is saved in that shootout by two guys (Sopranos dude and Andre 3000). They bring him in and tell him this. They will protect him from the people trying to kill him, but in return, they want all his money. In oder to live, he agrees to the terms.

...........................

What???

Does this make ANY sense at all??? He's got 3 days to live. WHY IS HE PAYING FOR PROTECTION??? Who cares?? He's going to be dead in 3 days! It's just so bizarre. I don't know who wrote this but I suspect it was Ritchie, maybe during a few spare weekends. There is so little thought put into this premise, it's sad. Lock-Stock was a very solid flick. It sucks that he's never come close to it since.

I will say that Ritchie really knows how to shoot a movie. All of his shots are amazing and I love how he uses music to supplement his beautiful cinematography. But as far as story goes, this guy's got his work cut out for him.
 
I've seen this flick some years ago and it's absolute garbage. The scrips he works with are simply crap.
 
c.g. if you want to see a truly, truly terrible movie please check out The Mist. Thomas Jane was the single good thing about it. I would have rather spent 90min at the dentist.
 
if you have a problem with the script don't just dog Ritchie. Luc Besson redrafted Ritchies idea. so don't put all the blame on him.
 
I wasn't sure who wrote it. But I'll gladly throw some blame on whoever worked on this script. I'm still waiting for Besson to make Fifth Element 2!
 
I agree wholeheartedly, gentlemen. What a let down.

I really enjoyed lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels as well as snatch. I like Ritchie's style.

I was really stoked to see this flick, but was really let down. I had to watch the interviews on the DVD in order to get a full grasp of what happened in the movie.

The first red flag was when I picked up the movie at Blockbuster, it clearly stated the year 2005 beside the title. I was thinking "Uh oh. This movie has been out for a few years and I haven't heard anything about it?"
 
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