Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre:
Comedy / Crime / Thriller (more)
Tagline: A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere. (more)
Plot Outline: 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. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
Seriously addictive movie - The most balanced movie ever made?
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User Rating:
 
8.0/10 (42,287 votes)
top 250: #210
Also Known As:
Two Smoking Barrels (USA)
MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime:
105 min / UK:126 min (director's cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) / Singapore:R(A) / Argentina:13 / Australia:MA / Canada:16+ (Qu�bec) / Canada:18A / Chile:14 / Denmark:15 / Finland:K-16 / France:U / Germany:16 (bw) / Hong Kong:IIB / Iceland:16 / Ireland:18 / Japan:PG-12 / Netherlands:16 / New Zealand:R18 / Norway:15 / Peru:14 / Portugal:M/16 / South Korea:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / UK:18 / USA:R
Trivia:
Jason Statham was an actual street vendor/selling merchandise on the street when he met Guy Ritchie. He does a reenactment in the opening sequence of the movie.
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Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the van when Bacon finds the traffic warden, there is an extra arm seemingly coming out of the floor of the van.
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Quotes:
"Hatchet" Harry:
I don't want to know who you use, as long as they're not complete muppets.
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 12 wins
&
6 nominations
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User Comments:
24 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
Seriously addictive movie - The most balanced movie ever made?, 18 December 1999
Author:
CriticNick from NY, USA
The first time I saw this movie I had difficulty in understanding a lot of
the dialogue not just because of the weird accent, but because the actors
spoke so damn fast. But despite this I became literally addicted to it.
To
begin with my wife got pretty annoyed because any other movie we rented
would be ejected after about 20 minutes of viewing and in would go LS&2SB.
Now she is hooked as well.
I have lost count of the number of times I have seen LS&2SB and still
cannot
put my finger on why I find this movie so good to watch. I suppose the
most
obvious feature of this movie is that it is beautifully balanced between
being serious and humorous at the same time. The characters are
two-dimensional. The villains are menacing, and yet they are made to look
like idiots, and the good guys think they are so smart yet keep getting
the
rug pulled from under them. They are all projected as 'cool' yet the
situation is always out of their control. Maybe it could be called a
satire
on true life.
The style of this movie is unique, full stop. I cannot think of any movie
that can be compared to LS&2SB. Quite a few people say that the style is
a
mix of 'Pulp Fiction', 'Goodfellas', 'Trainspotting' and 'Reservoir Dogs',
but I think that you would make that kind of description only if you are
really desperate to match LS&2SB to something.
The best description I can think of is 'MTV does a crime comedy', and I
honestly don't think there is anything wrong with that. Like music
videos,
it is all non-stop movement and sound. Something is always happening but
unlike music videos, not without reason.
The humor is incredibly sharp yet 'as a matter of fact'. No one is really
trying to be extraordinarily funny, but again it is the balance between
being menacingly serious and funny that the humor really flies at you. I
think that it is for this reason that a few people are really disappointed
with LS&2SB. If you are expecting a 'belly laugh Leslie Nielson, Jim
Carrey, Steve Martin, typecasted' type all out comedy, or a serious 'Al
Pacino, Andy Garcia, DeNiro typecasted crime thriller, you will find this
movie a big let down.
My favorite characters are Rory Breaker (Vas Blackwood) and Big Chris
(Vinnie Jones) mainly because their two dimensional over-the-top
characters
are the most obvious. Big Chris takes his son with him debt collecting,
and
while he beats up someone who owes chastises him for swearing in front of
his son and Rory Breaker is the most idiotic drug-lord you could come up
with.
I haven't even mentioned the excellent and unique camerawork, speaker
blowing soundtrack, beautifully threaded plot, perfect ending and the
grittiest visuals I've seen. You wont see any reflective glass laden sky
scrapers here, or 'over head city shots', or incredible special effects.
This movie has actors I have never heard of, dialogues that you have to
rewind and replay to understand, buildings that look as though they have
been condemned for demolition, cars that wouldn't even be seen in our
scrap
yards, has probably been made with a budget that most movies in Hollywood
use for make-up alone, has no love scenes, or romance or complex
relationships, no Oscar-worthy performances, and yet is perfect
entertainment.
Where our movies normally rely on budgets, this movie works on human
talent
alone.
If any movie deserves a 10 out of 10, then this is it.
'And there's one more thing...............it's been emotional'
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