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British writer Guy Ritchie made his feature directorial debut with this crime-caper comedy-drama set in London's East End and heavy on the Cockney dialogue (with one scene in subtitled Cockney rhyming... read more read more... slang). A big-bucks scheme goes awry: Cardsharp Eddy (Nick Moran) and pals Bacon (Jason Statham), Tom (Jason Flemyng), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher) scuffle to pile up enough money to put Eddy at the card table opposite gangland porn lord Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). Unfortunately, the whole plan backfires, leaving Eddy owing Harry a huge sum, payable within the week. In truth, Harry hopes to acquire the bar run by his rival, J.D. (Sting), who is Eddy's father. To raise the cash, Eddy sets out to steal from a marijuana business run by Winston (Steven Mackintosh), but the inevitable gunplay doesn't make for an easy heist. World premiere at the 1998 Edinburgh Film Festival (Focus on British Cinema). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Release Date: March 5, 1999

Keywords: gangster, crime, funny, heist, british

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  • aquateen2
    April 29, 2012
    aquateen2
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    Guy Ritchie makes an outstanding debut with LSATSB, a lively, witty and hilarious caper filled with countless twists and turns and impeccably consistent unpredictability. The film has an ensemble casting ... read morethat is absolutely perfect, i'm guessing there are about 9 central characters all together, and each and every one is always interesting and the dialogue and performances are perfect in completely equal measure. It precisely captures the grungy style it's aiming for with the unpleasant street and night club environments and eye poppingly stylish set pieces filled to the last corner with dirt, drugs and a hell of a lot of corpses. Although stupid it's wonderfully written and very very funny.
  • cosmo313
    December 28, 2011
    cosmo313
    I didn't think it was quite a masterpiece, but it came pretty damn close. This movie pretty much put Guy Ritchie on the map, kinda like what Reservoir Dogs did for Tarantino. Now, Ritchie claimed to have never seen any Tarantino film before he made this, but I have a hard time be... read morelieving that. This feels like a nice cross between Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction, but, unlike other imitators (intentional or otherwise), this films stands out on its own merits. I like the grainy desaturated looks of things. To me, it added to the gritty atmosphere. It's cool that Ritchie uses basically every flashy camera trick he can think if, but it's too bad that those things overshadow the fact that the story is almost needlessly complex. It's a straightforward plot, but presented in a fashion that is most certainly not that way. I kept up with things better than I thought, but still-the script needs some tweaking. Overall, this is highly entertaining, quite hilarious, and features a good cast. I'm glad I finally saw it. You should do the same.
  • fb619846742
    September 9, 2011
    fb619846742
    A terrifically entertaining Tarantino-esque exercise in foul-mouth dialogue and violent altercations, concerning a card guru (Nick Moran) who gets cheated by a corrupt porn lord in a high-stakes game of poker where he goes to far in, and thus owes him half a million pounds within... read more a short-period of time. It is dirty, nihilistic, and occasionally too flashy, but like Ritchie's only other solid film ("Snatch") it maintains a dark sense of humor throughout, a tight running time, and some hilariously flawed characters who prove to be eternal screw-ups. Sure, the character development kind of sucks and there is not a huge reason to care for anyone in this story, but it gets away with it just because it is so darn entertaining and contains twists and turns that keep your attention. "Pulp Fiction" remains the ultimate masterpiece in terms of detailing the seedy underbelly of society with the skill to work in a devilish sense of humor, but 'Lock' proves to be a welcome version that will hold one's attention.
  • itsjustme2004
    September 5, 2011
    itsjustme2004
    Gorgeously stylistic tale about petty thieves, and an amusingly circular double-cross. I am no critic, but I do know what makes me laugh, and this movie IS IT! Fun movie!
  • fb57802118
    July 16, 2011
    fb57802118
    A compulsively watchable, ridiculously entertaining film - probably the best of the crime comedies that swept the 1990's after "Pulp Fiction." Everything about it - the music, the eclectic nicknames, the mistaken identities, even the occasionally cheesy acting and sepia cinemato... read moregraphy - comes together to make an intelligent, ambitious, almost restless picture. Good, good stuff.
  • CloudStrife84
    June 20, 2011
    CloudStrife84
    Guy Ritchie's directorial debut is a verbally explosive crime-caper, with lots of clever and witty dialogue and a top notch cast. Original in style and highly entertaining, there's really no film quite like it. The only one that comes close to it is Snatch - which is anoth... read moreer gangster gem by Ritchie, but that doesn't really match the brilliance of this one. So if you haven't seen it yet, I suggest you do so at first opportunity. Because it's so far above the median line that it plays in a whole different league. One of the coolest films you'll ever see and a personal favourite mine that never gets old.
  • FiLmCrAzY
    June 3, 2011
    FiLmCrAzY
    What can i say another Guy Ritchie movie that doesn't disappoint.
    Another hilariously funny, ganster comedy that is funny and isn't short of its gun fights.
    Really worth the watch
  • phubbs1
    April 10, 2011
    phubbs1
    Ritchie uses almost every known British character actor/soap star for his gang romp revolving around the simple premise of some guys owing a gang boss a large amount of money. The cast is impressive you gotta admit, of course you gotta be British to probably get the most from it ... read morebut the collection of oddballs and gangsters are all so well cast and played it just shoves the seedy, gritty, dirty, 'Del boy' London grim in your face perfectly.
    There is certainly a Tarantino style going on throughout as the story tends to twist n turn amongst all the dreary looking locations, the whole film seems to have a brownish tint to it, almost an enforced grimy hue to really bring the rough dilapidated streets of London to life. To be honest you don't even need to follow the story you just watch it for the continuous use of cockney slang and hints of vicious violence between various roughians, (a case of less is more with the violence) at the same time all this is accompanied by a glorious soundtrack.

    A slick cool visage of thugs and wheeler dealers of varying levels of intelligence all mixed with a dark gallows humour that makes you unsure wether to giggle or shy away. The four main characters are a good balance of your classic 'EastEnders' types with a dollop of 'Only Fools n Horses' comedy on top in a world where the Kray brothers could still be walking the streets and where Vinnie Jones as 'Big Chris' brings another level of atmosphere with his final act.

    Bosh! job done Guv'
  • fb732260458
    March 26, 2011
    fb732260458
    A dastardly funny and witty Brit-Gangster film from Guy Ritchie.
  • gokhale1
    March 2, 2011
    gokhale1
    Guy Ritchie's 1998 gangster drama + black comedy is really a heist film, but there are just so many heist tracks involved, that if you even blink or take a coffee break, you are bound to miss at least one track in this mix of heists and lose track of who's heisting who and for wh... read moreat purpose!

    There isn't any exaggeration in the above statement, as you would know as you watch this film.

    The film centers around a group of four friends, Bacon(Jason Statham), Soap(Dexter Fletcher), Tom(Jason Flemyng) and Eddie(Nick Moran).
    All of them shell out 25 grand 'quid' each so that Ed can play a game with (H)'arry "the (H)'atchet" Lonsdale. But the game is fixed by Harry's bodyguard, Barry the Baptist, as he knows that Ed is a genius at cards. And thus, Ed puts in the 100 grand he and his friends had put up and ends up owing Harry 500 grand!

    Harry gives him a week's time to pay in full, else Baptist threatens Ed that for each day that goes without payment after one week is up, him and his friends start losing their fingers one by one, and when those are exhausted, they will go for Ed's father, JD's (Sting) bar.

    As luck would have it, Ed is next door neighbours to a gang of thieves who are dealing with some weed growers. The neighbours hatch a plan to rob the marijuana growers. This plan is overheard by Ed who in turn makes his own plan to rob these robbers! The plan while seemingly simple, of course turns complex, because London's a small world and people just seem to bump into each other out of nowhere!

    Add to that the parallel story of a job handed out to a couple of small-time hoodlums to rob a place full of antiques, again by Barry the Baptist at the behest of Harry, of course. He is interested in two very valuable shotguns (as in "guuns (sic) that fire shots"!) from the antique lot, which also seem to exchange a lot of hands in this whole mix-up!

    While Ritchie cooks up an interesting mix of stories from different vantage points and involving a whole bunch of robbers and weed sellers, he does seem to go a bit too far with the convenient coincidences which are aplenty. But he cannot be entirely blamed, for this sort of story has to rely on such plot elements to carry the story forward and to bring in that "comedy" element to the "black"ness of it all.


    That said, this film is immensely entertaining, very stylishly shot, with some great background score, some darkly comic dialog, superb performances from the entire cast; some notable mentions include:

    Vinnie Jones as Big Chris: Superb as the guy who collects debts for Harry

    Lenny McLean as big-guy Barry "the Baptist": Menacing personality, with a heavy accent and hilariously wicked!

    Vas Blackwood as Rory Breaker: Perhaps the best of the lot, he gets some of the sharpest and funniest lines and delivers them with gusto! Splendid!

    Jake Abraham and Victor McGuire as the bungling small-time criminals Dean and Gary respectively: Class act!

    Last but not the least, the four "heroes" of this whole chaos:

    Jason Flemyng as Tom, Dexter Fletcher as Soap, Nick Moran as Eddie and Jason Statham as Bacon: all great!


    Do watch this film for its blend of Crime and Comedy that is just right...like a refreshingly smooth cocktail!

    Recommended!

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Critic Reviews

Andrew Sarris
April 27, 2007
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

I was thoroughly entertained while I was watching it, and I haven't hated myself since. And that is something, though I don't know exactly what. Full Review

Liam Lacey
March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The best one can say is that it's a smart cartoon, and a fairly exhausting viewing experience. Full Review

Peter Travers
June 5, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high.

Bob Graham
January 1, 2000
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

Even if flashy Ritchie's tall tale about the East End underworld starts to run out of steam, the punch line is so good that it makes up for a lot. Full Review

David Edelstein
January 1, 2000
David Edelstein, Slate

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is the laborious title of an even more laborious Cockney action movie. Full Review

Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

The film had me alternating between a sugar high and drowsiness. One minute, I struggled to keep awake; the next, I was jumping in my seat. Neither extreme is particularly pleasurable. Full Review

J. Hoberman
January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Guignol violence, Lock, Stock aspires to be something like the Beatles meet the Wild Bunch. Too bad it doesn't have even a rubber soul. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
January 1, 2000
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

The film's lures, while undeniable, are synthetic, and we never do learn what fuels all the greed besides pints of beer. Full Review

Janet Maslin
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times

The 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. Full Review

Stanley Kauffmann
January 1, 2000
Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic

The cast is revved up to sizzle, with Sting in a smallish role, and the thick cockney dialogue is more comprehensible than you might think.

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    • Rory Breaker: If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kind of pussy to drink it. You know what I mean, Nick?
    • 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, 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.
    • Eddy: Did you say ten pound?
    • Bacon: Are you deaf?
    • Eddy: That's a bargain. I'll take one.
    • Bacon: Squeeze in if you can. Left leg, right leg, your body will follow. They call it walking. You want one as well, darling? You do? That's it. They're waking up. Treat the wife. Treat somebody else's wife. It's a lot more fun if you don't get caught. Hold on. You want one as well? Okay, darling, show me a bit of life then. It's no good standing out there like one o'clock half-struck. Buy them, you better buy them. These are not stolen, they just haven't been paid for, and we can't get them again. They've changed the bloody locks. Here. One for you. It's no good coming back later when I've sold out. 'Too late, too late' will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by. If you got no money on you now, you'll be crying tears as big as October cabbages.
    • Eddy: Bacon, cozzers!
    • Bacon: Shit.
    • Bacon: Harry didn't think that he did a very good job, so he grabbed the nearest thing to hand, which just so happened to be a 15 inch black rubber cock, and proceeded to beat poor old Smithy to death with. And that was seen as a nice way to go. Now, that, is why you pay Hatchet Harry, when you owe.
    • Tom: It's a deal, it's a steal. It's the sale of the fucking century. In fact, fucking, Nick, I think I'll keep it.
    • Rory Breaker: If you hold back anything, I'll kill ya. If you bend the truth or I think you're bending the truth, I'll kill ya. If you forget anything, I'll kill ya. In fact, you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive, Nick. Now, do you understand everything I've just said? 'Cause if you don't, I'll kill ya!
    • Eddy: What I do know is there's no more Harry. Which means there's no more debt.
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