Revolver (2005 film)

Revolver
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Ritchie
Written byGuy Ritchie
Luc Besson
Produced byLuc Besson
Virginie Silla
Marty Katz
StarringJason Statham
Ray Liotta
Vincent Pastore
André Benjamin
Mark Strong
Terence Maynard
Francesca Annis
CinematographyTim Maurice Jones
Edited byJames Herbert
Ian Differ
Romesh Aluwihare
Music byNathaniel Méchaly
Production
companies
Distributed byRedbus Film Distribution (United Kingdom)[1]
EuropaCorp Distribution (France)[2]
Release dates
  • 11 September 2005 (2005-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 22 September 2005 (2005-09-22) (United Kingdom)
  • 28 September 2005 (2005-09-28) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget£14[3] / €20[4] / $27 million[3]
Box office$6.7 million[5]

Revolver is a 2005 action thriller film[6] co-written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore and André Benjamin. The film centres on a revenge-seeking confidence trickster whose weapon is a universal formula that guarantees victory to its user, when applied to any game or confidence trick.

This is the fourth feature film by Ritchie and his third to centre on crime and professional criminals, but also has a strong philosophy and Buddhist moral content. It was released in UK cinemas on 22 September 2005. It performed poorly at the box office and received negative reviews. A reworked version[7] was released to a limited number of US theatres on 7 December 2007.[8]

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  2. ^ "Revolver (2005)". UniFrance. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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  5. ^ Revolver at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  6. ^ "REVOLVER". Sony Pictures.
  7. ^ "Madonna and Richie push Revolver in US, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 November 2007
  8. ^ "Revolver showtimes and locations". Schedule.samuelgoldwynfilms.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2017.