The formula that works for a 90 minute Guy Ritchie film repeated over eight episodes wears extremely thin.
Sleek, cool, humorous - that's just what you would expect from Guy Ritchie. Caricature characters. Embedded with witty stories. In a pause and laugh format.
I love Snatch. I love Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. Don't expect anything like them, though this mess pretends to be like them. The formula that works as a fun ride for a 90 minute Guy Ritchie film repeated over eight episodes wears extremely thin.
Guy Ritchie's signature brand of frenetic crime comedy gets a half baked TV production. Starts well with lots of promise in the first episode. Then rambles on to nowhere. What's worse, it gets worse and worse.
There are twists and turns where characters don't seem to make sense. They get angry. Get betrayed. Then a few moments later everything is forgiven only to be betrayed 10 minutes later. And repeat.
After a couple of episodes it becomes a ramble with each new episode bringing new characters and newer problems. And it begins to lose pace and cohesion. The last few episodes are annoying and the ending is pure garbage.
The characters are portrayed very well. And it's well filmed. The production is great. With exceptional soundtrack and locations. But the writing lets it down badly. There are funny moments but that's as good as it gets.
This is Guy Ritchie's worst work since Swept Away and I thought it was difficult to fall below that level.
The Gentle-meh.
I love Snatch. I love Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. Don't expect anything like them, though this mess pretends to be like them. The formula that works as a fun ride for a 90 minute Guy Ritchie film repeated over eight episodes wears extremely thin.
Guy Ritchie's signature brand of frenetic crime comedy gets a half baked TV production. Starts well with lots of promise in the first episode. Then rambles on to nowhere. What's worse, it gets worse and worse.
There are twists and turns where characters don't seem to make sense. They get angry. Get betrayed. Then a few moments later everything is forgiven only to be betrayed 10 minutes later. And repeat.
After a couple of episodes it becomes a ramble with each new episode bringing new characters and newer problems. And it begins to lose pace and cohesion. The last few episodes are annoying and the ending is pure garbage.
The characters are portrayed very well. And it's well filmed. The production is great. With exceptional soundtrack and locations. But the writing lets it down badly. There are funny moments but that's as good as it gets.
This is Guy Ritchie's worst work since Swept Away and I thought it was difficult to fall below that level.
The Gentle-meh.
- dhunjiwadia
- Mar 11, 2024