
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 heroes 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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 heroes 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.
Leave your thoughts about Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
| New York TimesJanet MaslinThe punchy little flourishes that load this English gangster film with attitude are perfectly welcome, because there's no honest, substantial part of the movie they can hurt. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthEven when the violence gets out of control, as bad as 'a bad day in Bosnia,' there's an underlying level of wit and humor. |
| Seattle WeeklySean AxmakerA welcome entry in the flailing neo-noir tradition. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWould be a prominent piece of low-budget filmmaking if had appeared a decade or so ago, but by now the genre is so tired, the glorification of violent criminals so prosaic, that it rates simply as an also-ran. |
| Jam! MoviesRichard JohnWith it's likeable band of rogue heroes, comedic situations and standout performances is a great way to spend two hours. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's a superior thriller made with the guts and gusto that too many recycled entries into the genre fail to exhibit. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranWith such a frenetic, brain-melting load of images to ponder, it's easy to forget that there are also some terrific actors at work here, not the least of whom is the amazing Vinnie Jones. |
| The A.V. ClubJoshua KleinThe acting, mostly by a bunch of unknowns, is equally fresh and funny, and Ritchie keeps the movie moving faster than you can say, "bludgeoned to death by a 15-inch black rubber dildo." |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversA dynamite bundle from British writer-director Guy Ritchie. Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high. |
| San Francisco ExaminerJane GanahlFlawed but scrappy, confusing yet exhilarating, the Brit-made Lock, Stock is far from a perfect movie. And it's not for anyone squeamish about violence. But it is, like Green Day, a rockin' good time. |