Actors: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hardy, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba, Mark Strong, Ludacris, Jeremy Piven
Rating: 7 out of 10, Ritchie returns to his strength although this seems to be a re-run of the same movie he made before: bumbling criminals, evil crime lord, and indestructible Russians. I actually liked this movie a lot better the second time I watched this. Butler is the obvious choice for the lead but he is mostly a second fiddle here and the ensemble cast works although it is exhausting staying up with the story in all its twists and turns. Wilkinson is usually great in everything he does but he kind of misses here as the crime lord. Strong is just that as the second fiddle to the crime lord. I like Ritchie because he takes chances and he certainly does here making the heroes a bunch of losers who aren't even that lovable and the transcendent hero an indestructible, ex-rock star junkie. Butler does have some really funny moments, especially when he is dealing with the coming out of his long time partner in crime.
MVP: Tom Hardy as Handsome Bob who saves the day in the end as the gay driver
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