Is it possible to review a movie if you are really not even sure if you actually liked it? That is the dilemma I face with "Revolver". This is an elaborate crime drama, a story of revenge and retribution, but it is so much more. Jason Statham plays Jake Green, a man just released from prison who makes it his mission to take down Macha (Ray Liotta), the man that put him there. After building up his own wealth through gambling, he is ready to go after Macha and his mission is complicated by a diagnosis that he has three days to live. He is approached by two mysterious loan sharks (Andre Benjamin and Vincent Pastore) who promise to help him complete his mission before he dies. Somewhere in the background of all of this is a mystery mobster named "Mr. Gold" who nobody ever gets to see. (Kaiser Soze, anyone?). The movie has great acting, is very cool to watch and yet, is so incredibly deep and complex that you really have no idea what it all means. They actually have people with Ph.Ds speaking over the end credits in an attempt to explain the philosophy and psychology behind everything you just saw. I like movies that make you think a little, but I'm not so sure about movies that require you to take a course afterward just to get a feel for what it was all about. I have to give this high marks for concept but it falls short somewhere in the execution. I don't need a plot spoon-fed to me, but some kind of sense-making is needed! Statham and Liotta are great. Liotta plays the high-string psycho he plays so well, with the added element of a George Hamilton-like obsession with tanning. This has all of the potential of a great film, but seems like it is trying too hard to be deep and stylish.Grade: C+
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