Ritchie's "Revolver" under fire ahead of London premiere
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 13:14 CDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna is expected at the London premiere of husband Guy Ritchie's latest film "Revolver" on Tuesday, and both will be hoping that poor reviews do not deter cinema goers from seeing his latest gangster flick.
The film stars Ritchie regular Jason Statham as a man out to get revenge on a mob killer played by Ray Liotta.
It also features singer Andre Benjamin, who is trying to launch a career in the movies having also starred recently in John Singleton's "Four Brothers."
"Revolver" is Ritchie's first film since the ill-fated "Swept Away" in 2002, which starred Madonna but went straight to DVD in Britain.
He has not had a hit since "Snatch" in 2000, which followed his popular "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" two years earlier.
"Ritchie's new film lands on cinema-goers' collective head like a sack of wet sand," the Guardian newspaper wrote in its review last week.
"Revolver" premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, which has just ended. Madonna, her arm in a sling, flew to Canada to be with Ritchie despite a riding accident in mid-August in which she suffered several broken bones.
Source: REUTERS
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