by Ryan Stewart
“There’s a trickster in my noggin.”
– Guy Ritchie
This week will see the release of Revolver, the latest cinematic neckbreaker from 39-year-old British helmer Guy Ritchie. His previous gangster films, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and its follow-up, Snatch, were hailed as major events on both sides of the pond upon their release, and today are seen as cornerstones of a new film genre – the heightened-reality, super-kinetic gangster film, in which the most gruesome toughs and unlikely hoods imaginable all conspire in a near-comical, circle-jerk fashion to outdo each other and rack up the most impressive body count.
Another thing Ritchie’s films are recognized for is introducing Jason Statham to a worldwide audience, and Statham has returned for the lead in the director’s latest. Although much in the style of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, Revolver is also a different, more cerebral animal, chock-full and spilling over with metaphysical brain-teasers and philosophical queries asked but not readily answered. In other words, a real mind-fuck. Statham stars as Jake Green, a con man who gets out of jail and is conned by two low-level cons, who may or may not have learned the secret mathematical equation of the “con of all cons”– I’m not being cute, that’s the plot. Also, Ray Liotta appears in very tight Speedos.
SuicideGirls sat down with Ritchie to talk about Revolver.
Read our exclusive interview with Guy Ritchie on SuicideGirls.com.
