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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.2
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8.2/10 from 251,359 users
Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 495 user | 111 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com Four London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash. Director:Guy RitchieWriter:Guy Ritchie |
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Cast
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| Nick Moran | ... | ||
| Jason Statham | ... | ||
| Steven Mackintosh | ... | ||
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Willie
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Peter McNicholl | ... | |
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Steve Sweeney | ... |
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Huggy Leaver | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in turn. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam. Written by Anonymous
Taglines:
A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 March 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Juegos, trampas y dos armas humeantes See more »Box Office
Budget:
£960,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$143,321 (USA) (5 March 1999)Gross:
$3,650,677 (USA) (21 May 1999)Company Credits
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Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, ...
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(Remix)
Performed by Ez Rollers (as E-Z Rollers)
Written and Produced by A. Banks, J. Hurren and K. Richards
Vocals: K. Richards
Rhodes: A. Sharpe
Flute: D. Philp
Scratching by DJ Cosygroove
Published by Moving Shadow Music
(p) & © 1998 Moving Shadow Limited
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The football commentary in the pub mentions both writer/director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn as players. See more »Goofs
In the director's cut, when Kenny and Kenny have stolen the guns and the old man shot a hole in Kenny's hair, the other Kenny says "Are you all right, Kenny?" You then see his lips ask "Kenny?" again, but you only hear him say it in the next shot of the smoking hair. The original region 1 version has the sound in sync with the lip movement. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, ...
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Soundtracks
"Walk This Land"(Remix)
Performed by Ez Rollers (as E-Z Rollers)
Written and Produced by A. Banks, J. Hurren and K. Richards
Vocals: K. Richards
Rhodes: A. Sharpe
Flute: D. Philp
Scratching by DJ Cosygroove
Published by Moving Shadow Music
(p) & © 1998 Moving Shadow Limited
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I was a total and complete sucker for this film.
If I were to write and direct a movie about gangsters or crime, this would be it. I wouldn't change one damn thing. Not a thing. Everything in this film was, to my eye, perfect - casting, the camerawork, the excellent dialogue ("It's been emotional.")
Now I don't have much to compare this to, and I've heard some criticism that it basically draws quite heavily from older British crime dramas. I've got a bunch of these on my queue to rent, but I doubt you could make a crime film better than this.
This film oozes with style, class, dark humor, plot twists and turns, and doesn't drag one bit. The casting and characterization is perfect, and Ritchie isn't afraid to move the cameras around; no pretense is really made here at "realism" - Ritchie doesn't mask the fact that it's a film and he runs with it.
I really don't think of myself as easily impressed, and I have seen a hell of a lot of films in my time, but this one instantly made my Top 10 after only a single viewing. Yes, I'm raving about it, and while it may not be "spiritually enriching" or contain any deep sociological content (which I actually do look for in films), somehow it still scores as one hell of a film; memorable and entertaining, and stands up well to multiple viewings.
I am a bit dismayed to see some of the marketing of this film comparing it to other things like Quentin Tarantino films or Trainspotting. It really does it a disservice because this film really is its own phenomenon and stands on its own two feet; if anything it is similar to Trainspotting and Tarantino films only because it actually has its own bold style.
Can't recommend it enough.