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RocknRolla

R

Released Oct 31, 2008

1 hr. 54 min.

Crime

Drama

Action

Comedy

List

60%

148 Reviews

Tomatometer

71%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Old-school mobster Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) rules London's underworld with an iron fist and a score of well-greased palms. As big-time gangsters and petty crooks all scramble to get their cut of a Russian mobster's crooked land deal, street-wise hustler One Two (Gerard Butler) tries to play both sides of the fence as the lucrative deal falls into the lap of Lenny's presumed-dead son.

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Critics Consensus

Mixed reviews for Guy Ritchie's return to his London-based cockney wideboy gangster movie roots, but most agree, it's a step in the right direction following two major turkeys.

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Jack R

Where the hell is The Real RockNRolla?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/07/23

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Mike M

Tefrrific movie, excellent cast, plenty of twists and turns. One of Ritchies best.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/07/23

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Adnan L

One of THE MOVIE. Rock n rolla is real Rock n Roll

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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andrew F

Entertaining movie, a nice mix of humor and grit. Great soundtrack (The Subways - well played), fun characters, really strong cast, pretty average plot, predictable at times.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/23

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isla s

This is what you'd expect of a Guy Ritchie film - London based, very much set in the gangster underworld, with bloody injuries and obviously fairly strong violence depicted, plus lots of strong language and the like. It features some dark comedy, with some good bits of dialogue and there is some frustratingly shaky camerawork used at times, although I guess that's done to higlight the frantic nature of whats going on at the time. Its a reasonable film of its type, that I suppose I would recommend, yes. Its not especially brilliant but its good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Matt G

A very mid 2000s look at the gangster genre for all the wrong reasons

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/29/22

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Director

Gerard Butler

One Two

Tom Wilkinson

Lenny Cole

Thandiwe Newton

Stella

Mark Strong

Archy

Idris Elba

Mumbles

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Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Ben Mankiewicz

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This is a wonderful movie.

Nov 10, 2008

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Ben Lyons

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Guns, gangsters, and Richie's unique style and tone make his latest picture just plain fun.

Nov 10, 2008

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James Croot

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Guy Ritchie's hugely entertaining Lock Stock-reloaded...

Rated: 3.5/5

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Kaleem Aftab

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It's all perfectly serviceable, but still leaves us guessing over whether Ritchie is just a one-trick pony.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 4, 2018

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

As ever with Ritchie, RocknRolla is more flash than substance, but beneath the swagger his movie scratches away at British anxieties.

Nov 16, 2014

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Synopsis

Old-school mobster Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) rules London's underworld with an iron fist and a score of well-greased palms. As big-time gangsters and petty crooks all scramble to get their cut of a Russian mobster's crooked land deal, street-wise hustler One Two (Gerard Butler) tries to play both sides of the fence as the lucrative deal falls into the lap of Lenny's presumed-dead son.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Executive Producer: Steve Richards, Navid McIlhargey
Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros., Dark Castle Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brief Sexuality|Pervasive Language|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M