[Ronald Epstein]

“Electrifying … Jason Stratham has never been better.”
- Pete Hammond, Maxim

“A mind-blowing action flick! Guy Ritchie back at the top of his game.”.”
- Scott Hoffman, MoviePictureFilm.com

Director Guy Ritchie Pulls the Trigger on His First Psychological
Thriller, Debuting on DVD March 18, 2008

REVOLVER

All-Star Cast Including Jason Statham, Ray Liotta,
Vincent Pastore, and André Benjamin

Loaded with Bonus Features, Including Three Featurettes,
Deleted Scenes, and Alternate Opening and Ending Sequences


CULVER CITY, CALIF. (January 7, 2008) – Revolver, the fully-loaded psychological thriller from the award winning director Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch) blasts its way onto DVD March 18, 2008 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A sleek and edgy film about mastering the rules of the game, the acclaimed film is populated with an all-star cast of gangster movie icons, including Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter, The Italian Job), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Vincent Pastore (TV’s “The Sopranos”) and Outkast's André Benjamin (Four Brothers). The bonus materials include The Concept, a featurette containing interviews with Ritchie and editor James Herbert; the featurette Revolver: Making the Music; and the behind-the-scenes featurette The Game: The Making of Revolver. Also included are alternate opening and ending sequences, deleted scenes, a photo gallery, and audio commentary with director Ritchie. Revolver will be available for $24.96 SRP.

Synopsis:
Just out of prison, Jake Green (Statham) is a hotshot gambler, but he's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he always wins. When Jake is invited to a private game with Macha (Liotta), a crime boss and local casino owner, he is expected to lose. But Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats him in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake leaves the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of loan sharks, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.

DVD Bonus Features:
· Widescreen Presentations
· Director’s Commentary with Guy Ritchie
· Featurette: The Concept
· Featurette: The Game: The Making of Revolver
· Featurette: Revolver: Making the Music
· Deleted Scenes
· Alternate Opening Sequence
· Alternate Ending
· Photo Gallery
· Closed Captioned

Revolver has a running time of 115 minutes and is rated R for violence, language and some nudity. Artwork is available at Welcome to SPHE Connect. Visit Sony Home Entertainment on the Web at Sony Pictures

Revolver DVD
Catalog #17562
UPC: 0-43396-17562-4
Order Date: 2/14/08
DVD SLP: $24.96

[Paul_D]

I hope this isn't considered a thread-crap, or irrelevant for the software section, but I feel compelled (much like in the Southland Tales thread) to warn fellow HTFers of the grave mistake I made when I chose to buy a ticket to see this disaster. I cannot stress the following enough.

Do not blind buy Revolver.

Not just bad. A new definition for the term. My emotional arc while seeing it started with boredom then to mild irritation then to frustration then to anger then finally to wild amusement. By the end I was finding the experience absolutely hilarious because the film was finding new ways to get worse and worse than I had at that point even considered possible. So it does have one redeeming feature. It breaks new ground. You might think you understood what pretentious material was. You don't. You can't. Not until you've seen Revolver.

One to avoid, literally like the plague.

[FrankT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_D

I hope this isn't considered a thread-crap, or irrelevant for the software section, but I feel compelled (much like in the Southland Tales thread) to warn fellow HTFers of the grave mistake I made when I chose to buy a ticket to see this disaster. I cannot stress the following enough.

Do not blind buy Revolver.

Not just bad. A new definition for the term. My emotional arc while seeing it started with boredom then to mild irritation then to frustration then to anger then finally to wild amusement. By the end I was finding the experience absolutely hilarious because the film was finding new ways to get worse and worse than I had at that point even considered possible. So it does have one redeeming feature. It breaks new ground. You might think you understood what pretentious material was. You don't. You can't. Not until you've seen Revolver.

One to avoid, literally like the plague.

Just watch this and I could not agree more. I had much the same reaction as you. What a mess.

[Yumbo]

Agreed.