Review of London Boulevard (2010) by Felipe I — 20 Jan 2013

London Boulevard is an okay movie, it was probably worse than I thought but it worked well, it was no big deal, there were some enjoyable scenes, bt that quantity of enjoyable scenes was a bit lower than the quantity of boring scenes. There was some good acting and the script was okay, I liked the way that some things in this movie reminded me of Guy Ritchie, that was well done but it didn't save the movie from being this. I'm not saying that I didn't like the movie, cause I did, but there was just too many stupid things in it and most of them were not interesting, I'm not sure if I can recommend you this Brittish thriller, it's not worth to watch in theaters or buy or even for a rental, it's just those kinds of movies that you can catch up on TV, it's really no big deal, I did like a few things in here, don't think that everything was negative, I'm not gonna lie that in this movie you can have some laughs, you can be entertained at times and you'll enjoy some scenes. Okay movie.

William Monahan, the guy who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for The Departed directs this movie, it's the first movie that he as ever directed and it seems that he was just okay, he did a good job. Colin Farrell takes the lead role, this was defenitly not the highlight of his career but he was okay, anyone will remember his acting as Mitchel in London Boulevard, but yes he was okay, Colin is known from my favorite movie, wich is Horrible Bosses, he is also known from Fright Night, In Brudges, Crazy Heart, Cassandra's Dream and some other movies. Keira Knightley doesn't have an outstanding role, she just limited to play a character that has a normal celebrety life and she wasn't on the screen so much as I thought, Keira is known from Pride & Prejudice, A Dangerous Method and some other movies. Ray Winstone has an okay role, that's it, Ray is known from The Departed, Hugo and some other movies. Sow, as you can see, the cast is great, the perfomances were not so good as the cast was, the perfomances were just average, no big deal. Good cast.

Mitchel (Colin Farrell) just got out of jail and gets a job as a bodyguard to protect the retired actress Charlotte (Keira Knightley) from the paparazzis. While he quickly falls in love with her, he will also have to work to the gangster Gant (Ray Winstone) who made him a victim of a killing and now he's forcing him to work with him.(What I thought about the plot) Well, the plot was no big deal, it's smart in a few aspects but it's really just okay, it worked well in the movie but it's still not one of the most genius plots ever, but I did liked it, it was a smart script, also written by William Monahan. Okay script.

Soundtrack, well, the soundtrack was no big deal, some Brittish songs that I don't want to hear again, it was just an average soundtrack.

Besides all that, I am now going to tell you what I really thought about this movie. First of all, it looks like I'm saying to many negative things about this movie, but now it's time for you to understand that I actually liked it, well, I liked the (In this term) Guy Ritchie details like when Mitchel says that once he wrote a poem for a girl and then she signed it and gave it to her boyfriend, and then Grant asks what has that to do with him, and then... I also liked the ending(s), there was a great part of the movie at the end where they show what happened to almost all the characters, some of them were just okay, but some of them were great to watch. Sow, I don't think this is really worth watching but it's still not a total regret, I know it's not perfect and not totally entertaining, but it's still enjoyable, it has many things that made me like it, I'm sure, some people will like it and some not and the 6.3 on IMDb kind of explains that. Overall, this is an okay movie that you can watch if you want to, you won't feel totally regreted, this movie has a good cast, a good script, it's entertaining at times and it has humor, it's not perfect, but it has lots of good things in it, but still, some bad things in it that turned this movie into a bit boring. London Boulevard: 6.0/10. Okay.

Okay movie. Recommended movie. Grade: C.