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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels Details

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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
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
Director Guy Ritchie
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 54 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
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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  • Critics' reviews (6) of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    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.

    • Radio Times
  • "...Brash, ebullient direction....The punchy little flourishes that load this English gangster film with attitude are perfectly welcome....A fine feat of macho gamesmanship..."

    • New York Times
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  • 14 out of 21 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    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!

      • FJO from England
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  • 10 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Superb Story Line/plot

    Do not make a cup of tea, go to the toilet, answer the phone or doorbell during this rivetting movie. The storline is exceptionally good but you daren't miss a minute as there is so much going on, you may lose the plot! Terrific convincing performances by Vinny Jones and a debut performance by Lenny 'The Governor' McClean. Top Stuff.

      • A customer from Hull
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