History YMMV / RocknRolla

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the years since this film was released, the international real estate and housing market (Which all the characters constantly refer to as booming and overflowing with cash) has undergone a collapse the likes of which has not been seen in years, and was actually one of the instigating factors for the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. It was not intentional, he did not see the collapse coming, but in the DVDCommentary, Creator/GuyRitchie explains that this collapse came about because of exactly what the characters in the film are doing. Not the violence and crime, but people buying low-cost properties and inflating their prices and re-selling them in a long chain from one to the next until the entire system ultimately collapses under its own weight.
* HarsherInHindsight: Lenny immediately suspects that Johnny faked his death (before the events of the film began) and questions Roman, his manager, if he personally saw the body. Specifically, he asks "Did you see him hanging from the ceiling with his cock in his hand, like a real [[TitleDrop Rockn Rolla]]?" Cue the news of how Creator/DavidCarradine really died...

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did TheMole become an informant in order to stay out of jail after being caught by the police, or [[spoiler: start ratting out people voluntarily just in order to get rid of people he felt paranoid about, as Lenny does seem very much in control during the flashbacks where he meets the police, even dictating prison sentences to them]].

* CompleteMonster: [[LondonGangster Lenny Cole]], the premiere crime boss in all of London, will do anything and everything to secure his position and the fear of others. Lenny was a [[WickedStepfather vile stepfather]] to Johnny Quid, abusing the latter throughout childhood and blaming him for his mother's suicide, something Lenny himself is implied to have been responsible for. A {{sadist}} when dealing with targets of his wrath, Lenny enjoys torturing his victims by dunking them into a river and [[FedToTheBeast setting vicious crayfish upon them]], showcasing this horrid method by having two men tortured and killed in this way even after they've given him info he wanted. Trying to subject the Wild Bunch to the same fate while ordering Johnny and his innocent managers be killed as punishment for the lot messing with his enterprises, Lenny is revealed to be [[TheInformant the infamous police informant]] plaguing the underground, having sold out each and every criminal he's dealt with to years in prison to both save his own neck, and to eliminate rivals.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did TheMole become an informant in order to stay out of jail after being caught for the police, or [[spoiler: start rating out people voluntarily just in order to get rid of people he felt paranoid about, as Lenny does seem very much in control during the flashbacks where he meets the police, even dictating prison sentences to them]].

* CompleteMonster: [[TheDon Lenny Cole]] is the [[LondonGangster premiere crime boss in all of London]], who will do anything and everything to secure his position and the fear of others. Lenny was a [[WickedStepfather vile stepfather]] to Johnny Quid, abusing the latter throughout childhood and blaming him for his mother's suicide, something Lenny himself is implied to have been responsible for. A {{sadist}} when dealing with targets of his wrath, Lenny enjoys torturing his victims by dunking them into a river and [[FedToTheBeast setting vicious crayfish upon them]], showcasing this horrid method by having two men tortured and killed in this way even after they've given him info he wanted. Trying to subject the Wild Bunch to the same fate while ordering Johnny and his innocent managers be killed as punishment for the lot messing with his enterprises, Lenny is revealed to be the infamous police informant plaguing the underground, having sold out each and every criminal he's dealt with to years in prison to both save his own neck, and to eliminate rivals.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The second robbery, and its subsequent chase sequence.

** The main theme, Black Strobe's "I'm a Man," that plays over the opening credits is an ear worm.

* FridgeBrilliance: In the years since this film was released, the international real estate and housing market (Which all the characters constantly refer to as booming and overflowing with cash) has undergone a collapse the likes of which has not been seen in years, and was actually one of the instigating factors for the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. It was not intentional, he did not see the collapse coming, but in the commentary Guy Ritchie explains that this collapse came about because of exactly what the characters in the film are doing. Not the violence and crime, but people buying low-cost properties and inflating their prices and re-selling them in a long chain from one to the next until the entire system ultimately collapses under its own weight.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the years since this film was released, the international real estate and housing market (Which all the characters constantly refer to as booming and overflowing with cash) has undergone a collapse the likes of which has not been seen in years, and was actually one of the instigating factors for the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. It was not intentional, he did not see the collapse coming, but in the commentary Guy Ritchie explains that this collapse came about because of exactly what the characters in the film are doing. Not the violence and crime, but people buying low-cost properties and inflating their prices and re-selling them in a long chain from one to the next until the entire system ultimately collapses under its own weight.
* HarsherInHindsight: Lenny immediately suspects that Johnny faked his death (before the events of the film began) and questions Roman, his manager, if he personally saw the body. Specifically, he asks "Did you see him hanging from the ceiling with his cock in his hand, like a real [[TitleDrop Rockn Rolla]]?" Cue the news of how David Carradine really died...

** The main theme, Black Strobe's "I'm a Man," that plays over the opening credits is an EarWorm.

* LawfulEvil: Lenny likes to paint himself as this, declaring that he is there to keep order in the underworld. However, the truth is that Lenny is slimy, selfish, greedy, willing to break his word and bargains with anyone doing business with him. [[spoiler:Plus, Lenny is secretly a rat who has been selling all of his criminal associates to the law one by one for years in order to avoid doing jail time himself.]] Archy, Lenny's [[TheDragon dragon]] is the real thing: supremely loyal, true to his word, and willing to go out and kill anyone he's ordered to, or that it's necessary to kill, even while he shows that he's upset by Lenny's more selfish actions and double-crossing ways.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The second robbery, and its subsequent chase sequence.
-->''"Abandon ship!"''
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Again, Creator/GuyRitchie is known for this. Try "[[Music/TheClash Bank Robber]]" and "Have Love Will Travel".
** Also, "Rock & Roll Queen"
** The main theme, Black Strobe's "I'm a Man," that plays over the opening credits is an EarWorm.
* FridgeBrilliance / FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the years since this film was released, the international real estate and housing market (Which all the characters constantly refer to as booming and overflowing with cash) has undergone a collapse the likes of which has not been seen in years, and was actually one of the instigating factors for the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. It was not intentional, he did not see the collapse coming, but in the commentary Guy Ritchie explains that this collapse came about because of exactly what the characters in the film are doing. Not the violence and crime, but people buying low-cost properties and inflating their prices and re-selling them in a long chain from one to the next until the entire system ultimately collapses under its own weight.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When One-Two [[BrakeAngrily brakes angrily]] when [[spoiler: Handsome Bob]] "comes out" to him. (YMMV; to some it's [[AdultFear outright painful]].)
** Although One-Two reaction to Bob is cringe-worthy, every else treats Bob as just another bloke, with Mumbles praising him as the paragon of a friend.
** When we finally see just what One-Two did for Handsome Bob the night before he was supposed to go to jail.
** Archy's little song out of nowhere.
** The bit with the car key during the first robbery.
** One-Two's and Stella's dancing at the party. Their movements look so jerky and awkward...

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Again, Guy Ritchie is known for this. Try "Bank Robber" and "Have Love Will Travel".

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Ritchie's crime films are often criticized for being too similar to each other.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lenny immediately suspects that Johnny faked his death (before the events of the film began) and questions Roman, his manager, if he personally saw the body. Specifically, he asks "Did you see him hanging from the ceiling with his cock in his hand, like a real [[TitleDrop Rockn Rolla]]?" Cue the news of how David Carradine really died...

* HilariousInHindsight: Lenny immediately suspects that Johnny faked his death (before the events of the film began) and questions Roman, his manager, if he personally saw the body. Specifically, he asks "Did you see him hanging from the ceiling with his cock in his hand, like a real [[TitleDrop Rockn Rolla]]?" Cue the news of how David Carradine really died...