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RocknRolla
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
2008 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 114 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
A story of sex, thugs and rock 'n roll.
Plot
In London, mob boss Lenny Cole rules the ever-growing real estate business, using a corrupt councillor for bureaucratic fixing, and his right-hand man Archy for the dirty side of things. A billionaire Russian businessman, Uri Omovich, plans a fixed land deal, and London's crooks all seem to want a piece of it — particularly Uri's underhanded accountant Stella, and a gang called "The Wild Bunch" led by small-time crook "One-Two", his partner "Mumbles", and their driver "Handsome Bob".
Uri agrees to Lenny's price of €7,000,000 for bribing the council, and as a sign of trust, lends him his "lucky painting". Yet when Uri arranges for Stella to move the funds, she double-crosses him and hires the Wild Bunch to steal the money. Additionally, Lenny's estranged and drug-addicted stepson Johnny Quid steals the painting from Lenny's office after faking his own death. Lenny and Archy then coerce Johnny's former talent managers Mickey and Roman into tracking down Johnny. In a subplot, Handsome Bob gets close to Stella's gay husband, a lawyer who has information on a longtime unknown informant in their criminal circle, and asks One-Two for a single dance before Bob goes to prison after the informant exposed him.
Uri tasks Stella once more with covertly siphoning the necessary payoff from his holdings, despite his growing suspicion of her. Yet when his moneymen are once again robbed by the Wild Bunch, his assistant Victor convinces him that Lenny is likely to be behind the robberies, and is also purposely keeping Uri's lucky painting from him. Uri and Victor then invite Lenny to a private golf game, where Victor beats him with a golf club, finishing by breaking Lenny's leg as a warning to return his painting.
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Crew
- Written by: Guy Ritchie
- Cinematography: David Higgs
- Edited by: James Herbert
- Music: Steve Isles
- Production design: Richard Bridgland
- Produced by: Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver, Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey
Cast
- Gerard Butler as One-Two
- Tom Wilkinson as Lenny Cole
- Thandiwe Newton as Stella
- Mark Strong as Archy
- Idris Elba as Mumbles
- Tom Hardy as Handsome Bob
- Karel Roden as Uri Omovich
- Toby Kebbell as Johnny Quid
- Jeremy Piven as Roman
- Ludacris as Mickey
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Russian
- Studios: StudioCanal, Dark Castle Entertainment, Toff Guy Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $25,740,863
- Themes: drug dealer, london, england, gangster, gang leader, money, gang, duringcreditsstinger
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