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Dir/scr: Guy Ritchie. Fr-UK.
stanley cup 2005. 110mins.After the fiasco of Swept Away there wasnowhere to go but up for writer/di
stanley cup rector Guy Ritchie. Retreating to the safeterritory of gangland squabbles, dirty deeds, diamond geezers and hardcoreviolence must have seemed like a good idea but Revolver is such aconvoluted, risibly overwrought muddle of a thriller that it is unlikely torevive his fortunes.An attempt to muscle in on the territory defined by TheUsual Suspects and Fight Club, it is sleekly made but so inscrutablethat audiences will be left feeling bewildered and disappointed. The prospectof a new thriller from the maker of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrelsmay help to hustle up some initial business but word
stanley cup -of-mouth will be a killer.It opens in the UK on Sept 23.Using an abundance of voice-over narration andinternal monologues, Ritchie has fashioned a thriller with delusions ofgrandeur that become apparent in the glossy, stylised settings, the use ofclassical music and intertitles flagging up quotations from Machiavelli andJulius Caesar.He seems to borrow generously from every influentialgenre hit of the past decade, even including an animated sequence in the mannerof Tarantino s Kill Bill.Ritchie regular Jason Statham stars as Jake Green, aman who has spent the past seven years in solitary confinement, inhabiting acell sandwiched between a chess master and a master con man. When he isreleased, his main priority is to avenge himself on ruthless gangster Macha Liotta , the man Xoae Parker, Kingsley knighted in UK honours list
As Cannes 2009 approached its final days a clear picture emerged of the haves and have-nots, as streamlined teams of buyers focused in on broadly commercial fare with theatrical potential.Summit International did a roaring trade on its Twilight sequel New Moon and the new Robert Pattinson title Remember Me, while Focus Features International virtually sold out on the upcoming Kevin Macdonald Roman Britain epic The Eagle Of The Ninth.IM Global diversified its slate and sold out its grindhouse homage Bitch Slap, closing deals here with Momentum in the UK, Splendid in Germany, among many others.Meanwhile The Weinstein Companys David Glasser was close to finalising key sales in Germany, France, Spain and South Korea on the upcoming boxing drama The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.Major North American deals were thin on the ground. IFC, hungry as ever to fill its VOD pipeline, swooped on Lars Von Triers controversi
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