, with many finding the plot to be an "unwieldy, short-circuiting trainwreck". Cult Following:
On the surface, Revolver presents itself as a standard revenge thriller. Jason Statham stars as Jake Green, a convict released from seven years of solitary confinement, seeking retribution against the Machiavellian crime lord Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta), who orchestrated his imprisonment. Yet, the film quickly subverts these tropes. Green is not a typical action hero; he is a man physically wasted but mentally expanded. During his isolation, he learned the secrets of "the formula"—a con strategy derived from chess and game theory—by listening to the cellmates on either side of him, who were ostensibly chess masters and con artists.
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