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When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign mob. Director. Guy Ritchie.
RocknRolla (2008) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign mob. Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions.
This is the first trailer for Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla.
It's a Guy Ritchie film from 2008 that was a turning point for the director. Rolling out in limited release, it wasn't seen by many but after bombs like Swept Away and Revolver, Ritchie needed a hit. Luckily, RocknRolla did fairly well with critics. Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
RocknRolla does absolutely nothing new. A quick list of things it shares with Lock Stock and Snatch would read thus: fast paced, witty dialogue; complex, interwoven plot threads; central McGuffin driving the mayhem (#1 antique shotguns, #2 huge diamond, #3 a lucky painting); smart, rapid editing; a mountain of Cockney crime stereotypes.
Ritchie followed up with the Vegas heist film Revolver (2005), which was panned, but won favor with the crime thriller RocknRolla (2008), which featured a game, energetic cast and brought American attention to rising stars Gerard Butler and Tom Hardy.
Written by Nick Feldman (as Feldman) / Jack Hues (as Ryder) / Péter Wolf (as Wolf) Published by Spirit Music Group/Universal Music Publishing LTD. Performed by Wang Chung. Copyright 1986 Spirit Music Group, Sony BMG. Licensed Courtesy of Spirit Records. Have Love Will Travel.
People ask the question what's a RocknRolla? And I'll tell 'em it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, others the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why?
1970 1h 31m GP. 7.8 (13K) Rate. 85 Metascore. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
