Review of RocknRolla (2008) by Spangle — 07 Aug 2016

RockNRolla is a very mixed bag. Kinetic and chaotic as all of Guy Ritchie's films, RockNRolla is a smart and witty crime comedy that features the very best of Ritchie's skill in the director's chair. The acting, especially from Toby Kebbell, is terrific.

The entire cast is very talented and showcased it in this thoroughly British affair. The film has some pacing issues, namely in the middle. The ending picks up and is decidedly the best part of the film.

The beginning is also strong, whereas the middle falls apart and is loosely connected to the beginning and end at best. The biggest problem, however, is the plot. In the middle, as mentioned, things fall apart and this is certainly evident in the plot.

Overly convoluted and hard to follow, RockNRolla may be wildly entertaining, funny, and British, but its plot needed somebody far smarter than I to fully comprehend all the moving parts, especially since the film itself seems uninterested in telling its story.

That said, the characters are terrific, but the film needed to be more focused. RockNRolla is a funny and fun film, but would have benefited from a better story.