Guy Ritchie’s Revolver - The Saga Continues

Revolver - apparently a cinematic production so bad it makes 2 Fast 2 Furious look like Dekalog-era Kieslowski - has already had its fair share of dismal reviews. Witness the verbal face-slapping given by The Guardian:

"After Revolver, Swept Away now looks like Citizen Kane. Words cannot express how emphatically this film withholds the pleasures of film-going."

What with the big question already engraved onto the public consciousness - how the hell does this talentless cine-hack keep getting work? - you’d think that Mr. Ritchie and his dimwit missus would be pulling out all the stops to gain their fair share of public sympathy.

Or maybe not.

While leading man Jason Statham (DVDs) - not so much as actor, more a pit-bull-sneer-for-hire - stopped to scribble autographs for the assembled ranks, Ritchie and Madonna simply waltzed into the cinema with nary a glance to the fans behind the barricades.

Cue the booing.

hecklerspray was almost in two minds about this - surely anyone waiting for hours on end to get to see either Guy or Madge deserves everything they get? But then we remembered that they were shouting abuse at the hapless couple, so we let sleeping dogs lie.

"This is fun for me," Madonna burbled. "I get to dress up and show up."

"The critics have been harsh all the way through my career," Ritchie said, springing into auto-defence mode. "It doesn’t affect me."

No, Guy. Just the ticket sales.

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[story by C J Davies]