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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Francesca Annis, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, Mark Strong, Jason Statham
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396175624
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Running Time: 104
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Reviews:
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Director Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) brings you this no holds barred urban, crime-thriller featuring an all-star cast of gangster movie icons including Jason Statham (London, Collateral), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, John Q), Vincent Pastore (Made, TV's The Sopranos) and Outkast's André Benjamin (Idlewild, Four Brothers). Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner and has taken in so much money over the years. He is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not very good
Comment: Liked his other movies, this one not so much. Didn't get it. Some interesting camera work not much else in this one. Watch his other movies, stay away from this one.
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Summary: Mr. Gold, Mr. Green and the usual suspects, with a little Mamet thrown in
Comment: Hip, with it, thought-provoking, Guy Ritchie does it again! Loved everybody in it, every scene was a gem, more power to this great director and great cast. I'd see any film he makes.
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Summary: I love this movie!
Comment: This is a wonderful movie. It's complex and you need to follow and will probably have to watch mulitple times. Honestly I didn't know who Green was talking to in the elevator until after a second veiwing. Give it a chance, if you like it cool, if not that's cool too.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Re-Play Value
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Don't you love movies that you're ready to watch again immediately after you've just finished it? I do, and Revolver is one of those films.
Guy Ritchie brings back his favorite star Jason Statham for his latest flick, which is in no way comparable to "Snatch" or "LS&TSB". Meaning not that it's a bad movie, but that Ritchie has the balls to not recycle his own material to resurrect his career. And thankfully so! Revolver plays a dream from a drug induced coma that you don't want to end, but when it does, you really, really wish you knew what just happened. Hence the high re-play value.
Did I mention the supporting cast? Well, it's certainly worth mentioning. Ray Liotta is powerful and convincing, a great casting decision considering that IMHO no else could have pulled off some of those self deprecating scenes that he exceled in. And who would have thought that Andre 3000 can actually act? Throw in Big Pussie, and we've got ourselves quite an ensemble.
The film does take itself a bit too seriously sometimes, and tends to over-philosophize abstract concepts without directly addressing the specific, but not so much that it's distracting or value detracting.
Bottom Line: Great re-play value, good with drugs!
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Summary: Goes On and On
Comment: Quite frankly, I don't know what Guy Ritchie wanted to do in "Revolver." Its tagline, according to IMDb, goes: "Your mind will not accept a game this big." OK, but what kind of game does this film really want to play?
Anyway, Jason Statham plays our anti-hero, skilled gambler Jake Green. After doing seven years in jail, Jake goes to a casino owner Macha (Ray Liotta) and humiliates him in front of his men, but on his way back he is attacked by the assassins sent by Macha. Luckily Jake is saved by Zach (Vincent Pastore) and Avi (André Benjamin), but these mysterious guys demand something extraordinary: Jake's money, all of it.
I could follow the terribly complicated story so far, but after 30 minuets I started to think: Who cares?
For the story goes on and on, but never makes a point. I don't see in what way repeated quotations (from Machiavelli, Caesar, "Etiquette of Bankers" and "Fundamentals of Chess") have to do with the convoluted story that doesn't know where to go. Jakes' frequent voiceovers are just annoying, and so is his long philosophical musing on the nature of his true enemy.
The only good thing about "Revolver" is Mark Strong, who plays a nervous bespectacled hitman. His scenes brighten up the muddled narrative with his superb acting and one shoot-out sequence involving his character shows Guy Ritchie has not lost his touch entirely.
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