Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

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Released Mar 5, 1998

1h 45m

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Action

Crime

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Eddy (Nick Moran) convinces three friends to pool funds for a high-stakes poker game against local crime boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). Harry cheats and Eddy loses, giving him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds or hand over his father's pub. Desperate, Eddy and his friends wait for their neighbors to rob some drug dealers, then rob the robbers in turn. After both thefts, the number of interested criminal parties increases, with the four friends in dangerously over their heads.

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Critics Consensus

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is a grimy, twisted, and funny twist on the Tarantino hip gangster formula.

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Lisa Kennedy

Out Magazine

What ensues is an ultimatum; a clumsy caper with so many characters they'd overwhelm a lesser movie; and a tremendous amount of mayhem that, while putting our boys squarely in the line of fire, really does stay aggressively this side of funny.

May 25, 2022

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Rex Reed

Observer

It roars and ignites and hits the ground running.

Mar 21, 2019

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

A n inverse cost-to-quality ratio seems to have been operating in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," Guy Ritchie's debut feature about four cocky young men coming up against major thugs in London's East End.

Apr 4, 2018

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...dense, impenetrable...

Rated: 1/4

Dec 30, 2021

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Rob Harvilla

The Ringer

Guy Ritchie's scrappy, twisty, cheerfully ultraviolent tale of hapless small-time English hoodlums might be his best work.

Mar 26, 2019

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CSM Staff

Christian Science Monitor

The humor is as rude and crude as the characters, but the picture certainly isn't lacking in energy.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 21, 2019

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Faiz D

Guy Ritchie made an outstanding debut with 'Lock, Stock'.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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David H

An innovative and creative blueprint was born which carries on successfully to this day

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/24

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Alex F

A very good and unique film. In some ways, it feels like a British Pulp Fiction. Clever writing from Guy Ritchie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/12/24

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Audience Member

A cliche British gangster film that hasn't dated well, despite the cast being decent enough.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Mike K

One of my favorite movies of all time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Dan R

'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is a film so close to my heart as it became part of the culture of my early 20s. SYNOPSIS: 'Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.' This film, and its unofficial sequel 'Snatch', became part of the language my friends and I used when together. We knew every line, every quip, every joke. They were the best of times. The film itself put Guy Ritchie on the map with its dark and grimey look at London and the criminals within it. It would go onto inspire a generation of filmmakers and make stars of it's cast. It even spawned a brilliant TV spin off. It's a classic crime caper that's full to the brim with the most colourful of characters that you'll instantly love. The mayhem is never ending, thankfully, and the action never lets up. Rude, violent and everything I wanted from a film at the time, and probably still to this day. I'm hard pressed to decide whether this or 'Snatch' is the better film, but they're both classics in my mind. A film that takes me back to some of the best times of my life. It's the best! Fact. 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Synopsis

Eddy (Nick Moran) convinces three friends to pool funds for a high-stakes poker game against local crime boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). Harry cheats and Eddy loses, giving him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds or hand over his father's pub. Desperate, Eddy and his friends wait for their neighbors to rob some drug dealers, then rob the robbers in turn. After both thefts, the number of interested criminal parties increases, with the four friends in dangerously over their heads.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures
Production Co: Handmade Films, The Steve Tisch Company, SKA Films, Summit Entertainment, Steve Tisch Company, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Content|Sexuality|Strong Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 5, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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