The quote for my title is from a good British, crime film named RocknRolla, which was directed by Madonna’s ex-hubby Guy Ritchie. This was a pretty interesting movie on all levels: it had great humor, subtle violence, and characters that you’ll never forget.

It has your favorite British actors such as Tom Wilkinson from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gerald Butler from 300, and the beautiful Thandie Newton from Crash. It also stars Ludacris, Idis Elba from Obsessed and Jeremy Piven from Entourage. It also stars another upcoming British actor, Toby Kebbell who plays the eccentric musician Johnny Quid who is my favorite character from the film. With a great plot and great characters, this movie will either have you laughing or waiting to see what happens next. I’ll give you a quick summary to spark your interest…

The movie begins with a narration from Archy, who is the right-hand man to Lenny who is the crime boss who controls London’s real estate. Archy describes his boss, Lenny and why no one messes with him, and he also sets up the scene for the events ahead. The catalyst for the movie is when Yuri, a Russian businessman comes into town and entrusts his lucky painting with Lenny after they make a deal to put up real estate in London. Later, Lenny finds that the painting is stolen and sends all of his henchmen out to “bring back the painting and bring me a body.”

Meanwhile, Yuri needs 7 million dollars to pay Lenny for the construction, so he calls upon his beautiful accountant, Stella to process the money for him. Little does he know, Stella secretly lets one of Lenny’s henchman, OneTwo know when and where Yuri’s money would be transported so that he and his gang called “The Wildbunch” can retrieve the money and bring it to her. Going back to the painting, Lenny is informed that his eccentric step-son, Johnny Quid who is a rock and roll musician pronounced dead, was the thief who stole his painting. Lenny advises that Johnny’s managers Rome and Mickey find Johnny or else they will “catch a cold.” Things take a crazy turn of events when Yuri learns of his lost painting and even worse that his money is being stolen. Yuri hires two mercenaries to retrieve his money and Yuri’s right-hand man Victor commands them to spy on Yuri’s accountant, Stella. The rest of the movie is up to you to discover for yourself but I promise you that you’ll enjoy it.

The reason this movie catches my attention is because of the two characters Lenny and his step-son Johnny Quid. Both characters use great British humor: Lenny does it when insulting someone, especially when he uses British slang (wanker) and Johnny with his metaphorical and outlandish way of talking. Also, both characters aren’t afraid to exert who they are with Lenny reminding everyone that he “owns this town” and Johnny Quid who purposely becomes a crack addict and acts like a person with nothing to lose. My favorite scene in the movie is when Johnny Quid stands in front of the mirror holding two guns with his shirt off and aviator glasses on, singing The Clash’s “Bank Robber” loudly as he reminisces on the time when he used to do the same thing as a kid and his step-dad Lenny would whip him for playing his music too loud. Johnny Quid is the character that I was drawn to, especially at the end with my favorite quote: as Johnny is walking towards his Uncle Archy, he says: “I wanna be like you uncle…I’m gonna be a real RocknRolla” then lights his cigarette with his gun resembling lighter. Classic!

Later Days…