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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
1998
A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely eccentric characters and several .. Read more
| Starring | Vinnie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham |
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| Director | Guy Ritchie |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller |
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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely eccentric characters and several storylines, all of them coming together in a gleeful explosion of murder and mayhem. When streetwise charmer Eddy (Nick Moran), the son of steely bar owner JD (Sting), botches a gambling scheme with his dad's nemesis, porn king Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty), he's got one week to come up with 500,000 pounds or he loses his fingers--and so do his friends Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). While the pals scheme to make the money, Harry indulges his penchant for valuable antique shot guns, stolen for him by a couple of inept burglars. Soon the missing guns, a paranoid group of marajuana growers, a mean-spirited debt collector (Vinnie Jones) and his young son, and a violent bunch of thugs, are all thrown together in this tightly-woven, genuinely funny story that takes its inspiration from old British comic gangster flicks like THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and more recent films like RESERVOIR DOGS and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
| Starring | Vinnie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Sting, Jason Flemyng |
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| Director | Guy Ritchie |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Nov 2004 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
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Widely regarded as the best British crime movie since The Long Good Friday, the youthful exuberance of Guy Ritchie's debut feature is truly infectious. The superb cast is spiced up with the presence of celebrities such as Sting, and especially Vinnie Jones in a well-received henchman-with-a-heart role. The action revolves around young cardsharp Eddy (Nick Moran), who loses ?500,000 he doesn't have to crime king Hatchet Harry. With a week to come up with the shortfall, he and mates Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng and Jason Statham plan to hijack the proceeds of a robbery hatched by their gangster neighbours, but things go horribly wrong very quickly. Cheerfully amoral and featuring some canny carnage, it's fun from start to finish.
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"...Brash, ebullient direction....The punchy little flourishes that load this English gangster film with attitude are perfectly welcome....A fine feat of macho gamesmanship..."
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14 out of 21 people found this review helpful
Simply brilliant
- If you think that a commercial-shooting director shouldn't attempt the big screen...
- If you enjoyed Tarantino's work, 'Fargo', 'Trainspotting', 'Fight Club', 'Snatch' or 'Memento'...
- If you want a taste of rhiming cockney...
...you must definitely watch this film.
Just a warning, it's definitely not for the narrow-minded...
A true oddity... don't miss it! -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
is that a storyline or is that a storyline?
A group of friends who suddenly owe a bigshot a lot of money find themselves trying to get hold of some. the intrigue that follows is amazingly set and will keep viewers guessing at every turn of the way. the story line is as unorthodox as they get; a totally original masterpiece where criminals end up hunting thieves who end up hunting their bosses who end up hunting everyone. The way the story-tellers pit the different parties against one another has no parallel in the movie industry. Scenes and shots are also massively artistic and aesthetically shot.
You usually see a 'A must watch' at the end of encouraging reviews but arcane as it may sound, you haven't lived if you haven't seen this movie. Believe me, you W.I.L.L. N.O.T. B.E. D.I.S.A.P.P.O.I.N.T.E.D.
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