Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Four friends become entangled in a chaotic scheme after a high-stakes card game goes wrong. They navigate London's criminal underworld, facing thieves, gangsters, and double-crosses. The film blends crime, dark comedy, and intricate plotting, exploring luck, friendship, deception, and the consequences of impulsive decisions within a morally ambiguous society.
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- Elliot047February 17, 2026This is peak cinema. I have seen the remake in Bollywood movie 'Phir Hera Pheri' and now I see the impact of this film. Fantastic script, and fantastic acting.
- Coco Louise Sassafras BojanglesApril 16, 2025Right. 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, hand-stolen in Stepney. It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else. Don't think because these boxes are sealed up, they're empty. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you lot today, I'd make more money with me measuring tape. Here, one price. Ten pound.
- kVOD.2 | https://linktr.ee/xszrSeptember 19, 2025'tis is supa fine movie, ain't cha?
- camsull2February 5, 2026Love this movie, so well done
- JakeysDecember 26, 2025Classic British crime film, not as tightly written as Snatch but feels more grounded and gritty. Possibly Ritchie's best.
- Namkai BancoDecember 10, 2025If Seinfeld was an action movie. Multiple storylines all intersecting into a hilariously violent climax. Blood, money and guns have never been so stressfully funny.
- mickerdooAugust 17, 2025Fun comedy of errors with near incomprehensible English accents.
- evilbo56June 2, 2025Great rewatch
- MexMay 17, 2025Absolute Classic
- ርልዪረJanuary 31, 2025▄︻デ══━一 I'll start off this review by saying that I only just watched it for the first time, last year. I had heard of it years ago and although I had seen Snatch (which I regard as another great movie) years before I first watched this, it was a while before I got round to watching this movie. When I did watch this, it was when I rented it from Lovefilm and I found it so enjoyable that I went ahead and bought a copy of this from here, on amazon. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a London crime movie, directed by Guy Ritchie and released in the year, 1998. The film has several different plots, all of which are interlinked to one-another - some loosely and some strongly. But I won't divulge into every single storyline, but rather the pivot of the movie. The main protagonists are four men - Eddie, Tom, Soap and Bacon, played by actors, Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher and Jason Statham, respectively. The four live together and have illegal jobs, which include black market jobs, selling stolen goods. The single exception is Soap, who goes by that name because he doesn't like to get his hands "dirty" with anything unlawful. The four have spent some time earning money so Eddy, a genius card shark, can play a card game with unlawful businessman, "Hatchet" Harry and earn a lot more money; playing his weekly card games requires at least £100,000 upfront. Being a genius at cards, Eddy has a very high chance of winning. However, aware of these odds, Harry rigs the game so that he will win, and Eddy not only loses, but he also leaves the game with a £500,000 debt, which he and his friends have a week to find! If they fail...well, put it this way, Harry is a man you pay when you owe. I won't say any more with regards to the plot, due to spoilers. I think that this is an excellent film. It has a lot of excellent characters, including Harry's bodyguard, Barry the Baptist, who was played by the late Lenny McLean, also known as the Guv'nor, who sadly passed away the very year this film was released. Other great characters include Big Chris (played by Vinnie Jones), the marijuana growers, Winston, Charles and Willie, and my personal favourite, the sociopathic Rory Breaker (played by Vas Blackwood). The film is very fun to watch, not to mention intriguing, what with the plot, the characters, the way the film was put together and the soundtrack it has. This film was very well done. The colouring, the characters, the dialogue, even the soundtrack and of course, the story, gives this film a true London crime feel. But what I like most about this film is the dialogue, which delivers a lot of humour to the film. I won't deny that there are many quotes that I like. These lines are among my favourites. "Shotguns? What, like guns that fire shots?" "Oh, you must be the brains here. That's right. Guns that fire shots." Overall, I'd say that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a classic British movie and is definitely one that is not to be missed.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Trivia
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was released on August 28, 1998.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was directed by Guy Ritchie.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has a runtime of 1h 45m.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was produced by Matthew Vaughn.
Four friends become entangled in a chaotic scheme after a high-stakes card game goes wrong. They navigate London's criminal underworld, facing thieves, gangsters, and double-crosses. The film blends crime, dark comedy, and intricate plotting, exploring luck, friendship, deception, and the consequences of impulsive decisions within a morally ambiguous society.
The key characters in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are Big Chris (Vinnie Jones), Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher).
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is rated R.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a Comedy, Crime film.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has an audience rating of 9.3 out of 10.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels had a budget of $1.4M.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has made $28.4M at the box office.