The opening of the Film RockNRolla consists firstly of the song "I'm a Man” by “Black Strobe” as a non-diegetic backing song, over which the voice of Archie (a character in the film) is dubbed over with the infamous opening monologue: "People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the f***ing lot”. During this dubbed monologue, another character of the film, Johnny Quidd, is shown flossing a gun and partaking in drug, drink and sexual activity, these activities are very stereotypical this particular genre and the characters you expect to come across in them. Then follows a cut to the character Archie who gives a speech introducing the film to its audience and giving them a sense of what is to come in the film by talking about things such as real estate and the powerful figures in the crime world displayed in the film.
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