Guy Ritchie has made a stylish but incoherent film which at times is as fake as Jason Statham's wig and the green screened background.Statham plays Jake Green a gambler who spent some years in solitary confinement and is seeking revenge against casino owner Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta) who put him in jail.Jake was confined in a prison cell between two others, one was a chess master, the other a con man. They all planned to escape together but they escaped leaving Jake behind. Jake has learned a lot spending time between these two people and has learned of the formula that would bring him success in gambling which it does when he leaves prison.When Jake has a blackout he discovers he only has three days to live when he is approached by two loan sharks Zack (Vincent Pastore) and Avi (André Benjamin.) They offer him protection from a hit-man hired by Macha but in return they want Jake to give them all his money and not to question them why.Jake thinks all this might be a con and then their is the shadowy figure of Sam Gold who many people fear. Is Gold actually Jake or just a figment of his imagination?The film loses the plot by the end, it really is a confusing mess. The film adheres to some Kabbalah principles but it means nothing if you know little about Kabbalah.

I think I saw this when it came out and though - oh - another useless Jason movie.Oh contraire - I held through this - wondering why Ray invested time into it.What many will not get is - what we see in this movie - are not real.For example, I once saw the book for Deliverance - the author on the back said the characters in Deliverance were actually all parts of one persons psyche.Now, did that ever come through with Deliverance ? noHOWEVER in THIS movie, this movie has it's surreal setbacks but at the SAME TIME - it's far more than a passive cinematic venture.You can actually grow from watching this, here is a HINT as to where I'm at with the movie...The neighbors he had in his solitary confinement cell?never existed.A troubled mind will go through great extent to keep itself alive.This movie is worth rewatching, the symbolization of the little girl is still an open book for me.Easily one of the most complex intellectual offerings I've ever encountered.If you are going through your 19th nervous breakdown, this movie is FOR YOU!

Despite the all star cast. Jason Statham (One of My favorites) And IMDb suggestion it it is ''Crime,Action,Drama' ?????????????????????????????????????All I can say is that it was written by a smack head, produced by a smack head for an audience of Smack heads! No REAL story, No REAL attempt to tell a story, JUST RIP OFF the film goers, Thank God I never paid to watch this at a movie Theatre. Biggest load of crap EVER in the history of film. Yet the JEWS that wrote and produced this crap are out of their heads on smack from the money they earned!! If, Like Me you are a Statham fan AVOID this crap at ALL costs!!

Before this movie, I absolutely adored every Guy Ritchie movie I have seen. This is not like his other movies so don't see it just b/c you like his films. Obviously, some people adore this movie also. If you enjoy a bunch of psychobabble nonsense, then this will be your cup of tea. If you know anything about real psychology, then you may find this film pretentious in trying to make some obscure point about the ego that modern psychologists gave up 50 years ago. I hated this film as I felt that the storyline was needlessly confusing. However, if you like movies that are considered "artsy", this may be your cup of tea. I did find the movie complex, but it appeared to be complex just for the sake of complexity, rather than to make the story more interesting. The story itself is very straightforward and simple. Personally, I did not think the film was hard to understand. Mind you, I read the IMDb synopsis afterwards, b/c I thought I missed something, but nope, it is all about the film- maker's perception of consciousness. I won't be more specific, to avoid spoilers, but if you want to watch a director's exercise in discussing the human mind, and aren't offended that this is based on outdated Freudian & similar ancient psychologists, watch this film.