Swollen Pickles

I took advantage of Melbourne Cup Day to get myself along to the cinema to see RocknRolla, the latest film from Guy Ritchie, the guy that brought us Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.

As per Lock Stock... and Snatch, the plot in RocknRolla is hard to summarize. Basically, the film tells the story of a few relatively low level criminals going about their business. It's bad guys getting in well over there heads, building up hefty debts, finding creative ways to pay them off, bad guys double crossing bad guys double crossing bad guys, with a few twists toward the end.

RocknRolla could hardly be described as breaking new ground for Guy Ritchie. I guess after a couple of box office bombs (Swept Away anyone?), Ritchie decided it was time to get back to what he does best, telling cracking good gangster yarns.

It's fairly safe to say that if you enjoyed Lock Stock... and Snatch then you'll enjoy RocknRolla. In my opinion, this movie would have been a lot better had they used the word "bollocks" more often. There was also the transitional period where I had to grow accustomed to seeing Gerard Butler in something other than a loin cloth, having only previously seen him in 300.

If you go and see it, keep an eye out for the opening vectorized credits. They looked cool, but then maybe I'm easy pleased. The soundtrack is pretty groovy as well, the highlight being "Rock & Roll Queen (album version)" by The Subways. Check 'em out.

Overall, I'd give the movie a solid 3.5 out of 5 pickles. It would have scored slightly higher had there been more bollocks.

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