ROCKNROLLA
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For all of its cool ‘60s garage rock and Clash song soundtrack, writer/director Guy Ritchie’s latest ode to John Mackenzie's "The Long Good Friday" (1979) is a discombobulated and sluggish succession of gritty suspense set pieces with only vaguely interesting characters.
Gerard Butler plays petty criminal One Two to his partner Mumbles (Idris Elba).
The criminals are engaged in some dicey business regarding a property load, a large sum of cash, and a certain stolen painting.
Tom Wilkinson steals the show as crimelord Lenny Cole.
Lenny is busy stealing money hand-over-fist from Russian billionaire Uri Obamavich (Karel Roden), with the help of his flirty-but-thorny accountant Stella (Thandie Newton).
The maguffin painting — we never get to see it — points to Lenny Cole’s rockstar stepson Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) who represents the film’s title as a trust fund junkie thug who fancies himself a real "RocknRolla."
Jeremy Piven and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges visit the movie as if they accidentally walked onto the wrong soundstage, along with several other incidental character actors busy hamming it up.
Ham and cheese, but not enough rye.
(Warner Brothers) Rated R. 114 mins.
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