Synopsis
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.
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Cast
- Jason StathamJake Green
- Ray LiottaMacha
- Vincent PastoreZach
- André 3000Avi
- Terence MaynardFrench Paul
- Andrew HowardBilly
- Mark StrongSorter
- Francesca AnnisLily Walker
- Mem FerdaMacha's Goon
- Anjela Lauren SmithDoreen
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Tribune
Part gambling heist, part graphic novel, part metaphysical mumbo jumbo, Revolver is a mess of many colors, few of them satisfying. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Definitely deserves points for trying to be something thought-provoking and different, but it doesn't really stand up to analysis and it comes off as a pretentious mess. - 40
Washington Post
Its main purpose -- and no, you are not experiencing ocular breakdown -- is spiritual. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
The film's pretentious style and fractured storytelling preclude any audience involvement in the coy melodrama. - 30
Village Voice
It's no return to rock, this, but rather Ritchie's soporific, proggy-conceptual Film of Ideas, with Vivaldi interludes, fussbudget set design, recurrent references to chess, and a hit man inexplicably got up as Tati's Mr. Hulot. - 25
ReelViews
Surprise of surprises, Revolver turns out to be worse than "Swept Away" - and not just by a little bit. - 25
The A.V. Club
Ritchie has said that it takes several viewings to fully understand what's going on in Revolver, but once will be enough for most to agree to take his word for it. - 20
Variety
Guy Ritchie shoots a blank with Revolver, which replays the low-life criminal shtick from his first two features with an ill-advised overlay of pretension. The action, attitude and wise-guy talk all feel moldy this time around.
