http://www.empiremovies.com/2005/10/19/movie-review-revolver/ Building an Empire. One Fan at a Time. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:11:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.empiremovies.com/2005/10/19/movie-review-revolver/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 Johannes Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:14:28 +0000 http://www.empiremovies.com/?p=6192#comment-3596 I concur. There was a lot to like about this film, and if Ritchie had just stuck to the real world where people don't lose _their_ marbles just because _you've_ conquered your ego, where what appears to have been a real world film for 90 minutes doesn't suddenly -- and worse, incoherently -- become a homily, a metaphor for one's mental world and the fight within, then the film could have stood on some pretty strong merits. Statham's ego's explosions were well-acted and edited, the loan sharks unusualness was very interesting, the restaurant scene and the marksman's defense of the kid n dad were all excellent. But, Liotta's final scene would have been soooooooo much better if he'd been chasing Statham through the casino ordering him to fear him rather than standing there like a pussy crying to himself. No. For a faaaar better exposition of the ego and its willful destructiveness, look no further than "The Sopranos", in which Tony is acted with menacing and self-destructive aplomb that you really hope Ritchie would take a lesson from. Fortunately, his follow-up, the Rock-n-rolla was superb. He's gotten Kabbala (and Madonna) out of his system. I concur. There was a lot to like about this film, and if Ritchie had just stuck to the real world where people don’t lose _their_ marbles just because _you’ve_ conquered your ego, where what appears to have been a real world film for 90 minutes doesn’t suddenly — and worse, incoherently — become a homily, a metaphor for one’s mental world and the fight within, then the film could have stood on some pretty strong merits. Statham’s ego’s explosions were well-acted and edited, the loan sharks unusualness was very interesting, the restaurant scene and the marksman’s defense of the kid n dad were all excellent. But, Liotta’s final scene would have been soooooooo much better if he’d been chasing Statham through the casino ordering him to fear him rather than standing there like a pussy crying to himself. No. For a faaaar better exposition of the ego and its willful destructiveness, look no further than “The Sopranos”, in which Tony is acted with menacing and self-destructive aplomb that you really hope Ritchie would take a lesson from. Fortunately, his follow-up, the Rock-n-rolla was superb. He’s gotten Kabbala (and Madonna) out of his system.

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