Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
R | 05 March 1999 (USA)
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A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

Reviews
ada the leading man is my tpye
Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Anssi Vartiainen Ritchie's feature film debut and very similar in themes and outlook to his next film, Snatch. A film about dubious criminals, simple souls, odd happenstances, bloody brutality and tongue-in-cheek crime comedy.The story goes that a group of four friends end up owing money to the biggest, meanest and baddest crime lord in town. To solve this conundrum they decide to rob their next door neighbours, who just happen to be gangsters planning a big heist against a local bunch of weed cultivators. There's also a pair of antique shotguns floating around. Hence the name.Ritchie's signature flair shines through even this early on. The film is full of inventive camera angles, nonchalant character reactions and certain attitude that to me resembles an odd mixture of pro wrestling and 40s pulp adventure. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is a Character with a capital C. Everyone is playing a role, everyone is posturing, yet everyone is at least a bit clueless and oddly sincere in their interactions. It's at the same time ridiculous and utterly endearing.Still, compared to Snatch, this is a lesser film. The plot is nowhere near as snappy, the cinematography doesn't have the reproductive organs to go all the way and for some reason the whole film uses this awful brown filter, which makes the film look like it crawled through the London sewer system.Is it worth a watch? Absolutely! It's just that Snatch pulls it off even better. Watch both if you can, but if you can only watch one, this is not the one.
Harrison Tweed (Top Dawg) This film is a legendary classic, and the directorial debut (as well a writing credit) for Guy Ritchie. It's also one of the top UK films ever made. Let's not forget it's also that film that introduced us to superstar Jason Satham. Everything about this film was done to perfection and aside from being a UK film, it's one of my favorite gangster-crime drama/comedy films of all time. This is a must see film for anyone that enjoys a good action film with substance. It was a film ahead of its time and one you need to watch if you haven't already done so. It's a 9/10 from me!
ali-20023 I love this movie so much I watch it 4 times a year. The way it's written/directed is brilliant. Characters are developed beautifully and the way the story is setup is magnificent .I love how everything links up .Guy Ricthie thanks for making this film I truly love it. For me this is much better than Snatch which I also love .Enjoy this fun ride pacing is perfect . There's never a dull moment .Hope you enjoy this movie as much as I did. English cinema is far more superior than American when it comes to originality and taking chances . America will never make something as gutsy as this . Cast is amazing I cannot fault any of the performances . Lock,stock and two smoking barrels is a much watch film.
Takethispunch Long-time friends and small-time criminals Eddy, Tom, Soap ,and Bacon put together £100,000 so that Eddy, a genius card shark, can buy into one of "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale's weekly high-stakes three card brag games. The game is rigged however, and the friends end up massively indebted to Harry, who fully expects them not to be able to come up with the money before the deadline he gives them. He has his sights set on Eddy's father's bar as repayment, and sets his debt collector Big Chris (who is often accompanied by his beloved son, Little Chris) to work in order to ensure that some form of payment is coming up.Harry also has his sights set on a couple of antique shotguns up for auction, and gets his enforcer Barry "the Baptist" to hire a couple of thieves, Gary and Dean, to steal them from a private home. The two turn out to be highly incompetent and unwittingly sell the shotguns to Nick "the Greek", a local fence. After learning this, an enraged Barry threatens the two into getting the guns back.