Revolver
by Guy Ritchie
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Actor: Andr? Benjamin, Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Terence Maynard, Vincent PastoreDirector: Guy Ritchie
Brand: Sony
Writer: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Producer: Mehdi Sayah
Producer: Pierre Spengler
Producer: Steve Christian
Producer: Steve Clark-Hall
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Revolver
Movie Review: Not the same as the original release
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed the European release and was surprised this never made it to the states. Needless to say when the film was finally release I was having trouble surpressing my excitement. However, the re-cut American version is a far cry from the film I'd seen. The movie was reoranized and scenes deleted and scenes added, while it was fun to see the changes the overall product was disappointing. I don't know who edited this but they destroyed Richie's original. I don't support "piracy" but if you find a way to get hold of the region 2 cut you won't regret it.
Summary of Revolver
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 Andr? 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.This curious fourth film from Guy Ritchie returns the writer-director to familiar gangster territory following his disastrous remake of Swept Away, which starred Ritchie's wife, Madonna. Jason Statham, a Ritchie regular, stars as an ex-convict named Jake Green, whose strategy for bankrupting a casino owner/crime boss named Macha (Ray Liotta)--whom Jake holds responsible for his incarceration--results in Macha ordering him killed. Enter a pair of other criminals (Vincent Pastore, Andre Benjamin) with a plan of their own, preventing the hit on Jake but telling him he has a fast-acting disease that will soon take its toll. From there, an increasingly convoluted gangster tale becomes a fascinating if often silly movie about Jake's descent into possible madness while he simultaneously ponders the art of defeating one's enemies and communing with God. Ritchie is indeed in a serious vein, but he doesn't hold back on his unique sense of stylish fun, outfitting each character with memorable dialogue and behavioral traits. Standing out in a crowded pack of colorful underworld types is Liotta's villain, who sympathetically conveys an all-too-human level of despair while wearing eyeliner and bikini underwear. The film becomes wearing after a while: Ritchie might be less interested in the crime genre than he once was. But there are plenty of fresh ideas here, even if they don't always fit perfectly together the way Ritchie's catchy debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, did. --Tom Keogh
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Amazon.com Exclusive Interview with Jason Statham
We had the pleasure of talking with Jason Statham (The Transporter, Snatch, The Italian Job) about Revolver, his new film with director Guy Ritchie. Here's a taste of what he had to say, and you can hear more in the February edition of the Amazon Wire Podcast.
Describe Revolver for people who have yet to see the film:
I would say it's a movie that's not to be confused with the likes of Lock Stock or Snatch if you have ever seen any of the previous Guy Ritchie movies, it's not to be confused with that kind of a film. It's a little bit more of a serious sort of psychological thriller. about being able to smash what controls you, but at the same time it's all set within a world of ya know, violence, ya know that sexy shiny world that Guy Ritchie creates.
Do you see comparisons between Lock Stock, Snatch and this film as a good thing or a bad thing?
Well look, he's made two terrific films, two great black comedies, do you want him to go and make another one as well? Sometimes you have to do something a little bit different. you can't please everyone.
You've carried a lot of other movies, action movies, where there's explosions and fast cars, but this film is really held together by your presence, and it's a totally different mood. Did you you feel a lot of pressure on your performance as Jake to carry the picture?
Um, I mean, no, it's best not to try and focus on that really. But obviously if you haven't got your usual bells and whistles to rely upon, then you have to try and dig it out from somewhere else.
What did you draw from your own experiences in preparing for this movie?
You might know from reading other stuff that I used to work on street corners hustling, or conning people if you like, so I understood the psychology of that and what you need to do to make somebody sort of bend over and succumb to your will, it's a very simple set of rules. there's so many ways that you can be sort of lured down a certain road and it's all about making decisions, and if you're aware of what is leading you, you can make the right decision at the right time.
--Rachel, Amazon Movies & TV
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