RocknRolla
Lenny (Tom Wilkinson) rules
the London real estate world with the help of his right
hand man, Archy (Mark Strong). Uri Omovich (Karel
Roden) strikes a deal with Lenny, and, to prove how much trust
he has-gives Lenny his 'lucky painting.' Uri sends for the
money to be laundered, but under the direction of Stella
(Thandie Newton), The Wild Bunch intercepts the dirty money,
and Uri's lucky painting is stolen. The #1 suspect? Johnny
Quid, Lenny's drug addicted stepson...who was supposed to be
dead. (Toby Kebbell)
Almost in a move of desperation,
Archy and Lenny blackmail their ex-record producers Mickey
(Ludacris) and Roman (Jeremy Piven) , telling them to either
help them track down Johnny Quid, or have their shows and
clubs shut down. Rolling to The Wild Bunch's part of the story,
One Two (Gerard Butler) decides to throw a party for the bummed
Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy) , who's going to be sentenced to
five years in prison. That night, Handsome Bob admits that he's
had a secret crush on One Two. Repulsed, but trying to be nice,
One Two gives Handsom Bob the chance to do whatever he'd
like--after all, it's his last night as a free man. But the
next day, One Two refuses to go to Handsome Bob's court
hearing, arousing Mumble's (Idris Elba) suspicions.
The next step for The Wild Bunch is to
steal the second load of Omovich's money. Things go awry;
members of The Wild Bunch get wounded, and are given lengthy
pursuit by Uri's trigger happy mercenaries. Since things
didn't work out, a very impatient Uri demands that the money be
handed over, and his lucky painting returned--promptly. Lenny
is visciously beaten in the process. But some drug ridden
peddlers succeed at stealing the painting, and they sell it to
The Wild Bunch. One Two gives it to Stella, his love interest.
Problem: Uri has made arrangements with Stella, and arrives at
her house to seal the deal--and also ask her to marry him.
While he is there, he eyes the painting on her wall--the one
which she said she's had for years. Uri's 'luck' has returned;
he's found his painting. He then orders Stella's death
sentence.
Once Johnny Quid is found, The Wild
Bunch is kidnapped, and they are brought, along with Johnny, to
Lenny; who shoots Johnny before he can get vital information
out--who exactly the rat is. When it is revealed that Lenny is
the rat, the list of members whom he wronged is also uncovered.
In the light of these documents, Archy releases The Wild Bunch
and, finally, executes Lenny. But the fun's not over yet.
Johnny tells Mickey and Roman, the producers, that if they
kidnapees are killed, it will encourage the reaction of Lenny's
henchmen--who are already closing in fast. Realizing he's
right, Mickey and Roman kill the henchmen, and One Two saves
them all from the remaining man. And so they manage to
escape. Johnny is shuttled to the hospital, later to be
retrieved by Archy, who offers Uri's painting as a welcome home
gift to Johnny. Quid accepts the present, and decides that now,
he can do what he couldn't have possibly done before: Johnny
Quid's gonna be a true RocknRolla.
Johhny, Archy, and The Wild Bunch
will return...in The Real
RocknRolla.
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