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Weird new Guy Richie film Revolver delivers the goods |
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| Weird new Guy Richie film Revolver delivers the goods | ||
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by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer REVOLVER DIRECTED BY GUY RICHIE STARRING JASON STRATHAM, RAY LIOTTA, VINCENT PASTORE, ANDRE BENJAMIN MARK STRONG, FRANCESCA ANNIS, TOM WU, TERENCE MAYNARD OPENS DECEMBER 7 I'm going to go out on a very short limb and say that I liked Guy Richie's newest film, Revolver. He's the same director who brought you Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch, and is known for films that are a bit, shall we say, "quirky." You either like his work or you don't, no in-between here. Me, I like Richie's style of mixing razor-sharp dialogue at just the right moments, making it come out of the mouths of the most goonlike characters, and I like that his films make me think - though the words often are hard to understand, as most of his actors have strong Cockney accents. Actually, Revolver might be the easiest, dialogue-wise, to understand, particularly since Richie brings American actor Ray Liotta (from the short-lived, but elegant, Smith) to this psychological rollercoaster ride. All praise aside, the plotline is a bit muddy at times, and even though I mostly liked the film, there are things that didn't need to be there and times when even I thought the action went on a bit too long (the film is basically divided by obscure quotes related to the plot into about four segments). Also, all of the flashback stuff - which hopes to bring the viewer into the main character's head trip - is a bit overdone, and at times slows things down too much. Still, there is a dark, almost venomous kind of humor to this intricately woven plot about a conman who finds that the ultimate con is him conning himself (via two shady characters played by Andre Benjamin and Vincent Pastore.) But the thing I found most appealing (and even found myself laughing at) was the underlying sense of homoeroticism that played all the way through this film. Examples are Ray Liotta's gangster character continually showing off his package (there's a very awkward nude scene in a standup tanning booth) to his henchman French Paul (Terence Maynard), and the hot tub scene with Andre Benjamin and Vincent Pastore inviting a confused Jason Stratham to join them. There are more like that, with the few females in this film (including a barely recognizable, but memorable Francesca Annis) being there only to make the male audience members feel less uncomfortable, I'm guessing. Not Oscar stuff, but plenty of action and be warned, plenty of bloody gun battles, and the dark humor I've come to expect from a Guy Richie film. |
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