um... huh?

Revolver

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Sometimes, I think any sort of infamy will go to a director's head. They might get a little pretentious, or think maybe, just maybe, they're a little bit better than what they actually are. Sometimes, their heads get to swollen, and the figure, 'I've made two incredible films already, now I'm gonna do what I want to do.'

Then they make Swept Away.

I love Guy Ritchie's first two movies. I remember seeing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at an advanced screening, and being to the theatre for opening night of Snatch. Those two movies were well written, acted and directed. They were smart and funny and entertaining.

Then Swept Away came along.

Ritchie took a hit for it. Honestly, I didn't ever see it. It looked too bad. But when I found out that he'd made a fourth film, Revolver, I'd hoped that maybe this would be his comeback film. Sadly, its not.

Revolver's plot is very intricate. Well, complicated is more like it. Without giving away any major plot points, this movie is along the same vein as The Usual Suspects and Fight Club. Sort of. Its also nowhere near as good as either of those movies. I actually think the confusing parts of this movie take so much away from the overall experience. If it had just been straight forward, like Ritchie's other movies, it would have been a lot better.

Guy Ritchie needs to go back to his original formula for movie making: make good movies.

Pass on this one unless you're a big Guy Ritchie fan. And even then, you still might not like it.