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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Comedy · Crime · 1998

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

Movie details

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

“A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.”

1998 Comedy · Crime 1h 45m

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8.1 / 10

Community rating

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Guy Ritchie

Written by

Guy Ritchie

Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

Big Chris

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Tom

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Soap

Nick Moran

Nick Moran

Eddy

Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Bacon

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Winston

Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe

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Court is in session

Put Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.