Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Country: GB
Technical: col 106m
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Synopsis:
Cheated out of £100,000 in a card game by the local Mr Big, and owing much more, four London ne'er-do-wells devise a scheme to scoop the urgently needed cash and unwittingly purge the area of most of its criminal underworld in the process.
Review:
Flashy, stylish, argot-filled caper movie for the 90s. Deliberately hard to follow at first, the film introduces strings of characters of every ilk (east-end villains, scousers, cockney wide boys, public school criminals) most of whom are unaware of each other's existence, and leaves the viewer to flesh them out for himself. Undeniably derivative (Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting) but fun, from a director of music videos.
Country: GB
Technical: col 106m
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Synopsis:
Cheated out of £100,000 in a card game by the local Mr Big, and owing much more, four London ne'er-do-wells devise a scheme to scoop the urgently needed cash and unwittingly purge the area of most of its criminal underworld in the process.
Review:
Flashy, stylish, argot-filled caper movie for the 90s. Deliberately hard to follow at first, the film introduces strings of characters of every ilk (east-end villains, scousers, cockney wide boys, public school criminals) most of whom are unaware of each other's existence, and leaves the viewer to flesh them out for himself. Undeniably derivative (Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting) but fun, from a director of music videos.
Country: GB
Technical: col 106m
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Synopsis:
Cheated out of £100,000 in a card game by the local Mr Big, and owing much more, four London ne'er-do-wells devise a scheme to scoop the urgently needed cash and unwittingly purge the area of most of its criminal underworld in the process.
Review:
Flashy, stylish, argot-filled caper movie for the 90s. Deliberately hard to follow at first, the film introduces strings of characters of every ilk (east-end villains, scousers, cockney wide boys, public school criminals) most of whom are unaware of each other's existence, and leaves the viewer to flesh them out for himself. Undeniably derivative (Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting) but fun, from a director of music videos.