Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

3/5/19991h 45m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,350,000.00

Revenue:

$28,356,188.00

Key words:

ambush
joint
alcohol
shotgun
tea
machismo
rifle
cocktail
pot smoking
marijuana
hatchet
antique
cardsharp
anger
carjacking
piano
strip show
high stakes

Cast

Vinnie Jones

~ as ~

Big Chris

Jason Flemyng

~ as ~

Tom

Dexter Fletcher

~ as ~

Soap

Nick Moran

~ as ~

Eddy

Jason Statham

~ as ~

Bacon

Steven Mackintosh

~ as ~

Winston

Nicholas Rowe

~ as ~

Nick Marcq

~ as ~

Charles

Charles Forbes

~ as ~

Willie

Lenny McLean

~ as ~

Barry the Baptist

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Reviews (4)

B
BradFlix
Written 12 year(s) ago
~~
I just plain love this movie!
AG
Andres Gomez
Written 11 year(s) ago
3
Far from being a good movie, with tons of flaws but already pointing to the pattern of the whole Ritchie's filmography.
DP
David Perkins
Written 8 year(s) ago
9
Genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. Watched again recently and realised how well written, brilliantly shot, beautifully cast and cleverly produced this movie actually is!
r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
The very entertaining ending makes this film.

I wasn't sure about 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' up until that point. Like, don't get me wrong, it is a good film from the get-go but I wasn't personally convinced by it to be more than that until the credits rolled - at which point, I found myself to have been thoroughly entertained.

With Guy Ritchie in his directing debut and a whole host of familiar British faces, it isn't a difficult film to get into. I did feel at some points that there were too many characters and that they weren't distinctive enough; there were momentary bits where I had to think a tad harder at which characters were linked with each other. However, that actually turns into the film's best thing at the end as it does come together brilliantly.

All in all, this 1998 gangster flick is something I'd consider as very good and worthy of watching.