Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

R

1998

1h 45m

Comedy

Drama

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.

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

05/25/2022

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.

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Rex Reed

Observer

03/21/2019

It roars and ignites and hits the ground running.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

04/04/2018

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.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Loud and Clear Reviews

03/06/2025

4/5

The fact of the matter is, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is one of the most important British films in recent memory, or at least one of the most influential.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

12/30/2021

1/4

...dense, impenetrable...

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Rob Harvilla

The Ringer

03/26/2019

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

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Maksim S

@MaksimusMovies Nov 2

A Sharp, Savage London Capstone. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is Guy Ritchie at his absolute best — a kinetic, razor‑edged dive into the underbelly of London’s criminal ecosystem. The film centers on a band of low-level hustlers who lose a high-stakes card game and find themselves entangled with figures far scarier and more powerful than themselves. The stakes are high, the city feels alive, and every alley and pub pulses with menace and possibility. Ritchie balances the tension of this perilous world with sharp black comedy and a script that snaps with wit and precision. Characters are colorful, dialogue is electric, and the interlocking plot threads are delivered with playful yet deadly logic. The film’s kinetic editing, inventive cinematography, and pulsating soundtrack only enhance the chaos, making the city itself feel like a character. This is stylish, smart, and relentlessly entertaining — a perfect collision of crime, comedy, and sheer cinematic bravado. Lock, Stock isn’t just a great gangster film; it’s arguably Guy Ritchie’s finest work, a masterclass in world-building, pacing, and irreverent humor.

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Michael O

@RT86333814 Sep 30

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

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Gareth v

@geewah Aug 21

A wildly entertaining, stylish, and clever crime comedy that set the template for Ritchie’s career and remains one of the best British gangster films of its era.

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Attila C

@RT50614425 Aug 9

A great classic. A timeless film that can be rewatched and enjoyed anytime.

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Ziggy S.

@OdietheDude Jul 13

The Greatest Guy Richie film. Writing,acting,humor,witty and entertaining from start to finish. I remember owning on VHS. Good cameo for Sting and Jason S start. A movie classic. Great 🖤 Soundtrack

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Muvi B

@MikelMotarcycl Jul 5

Such quotable film with style

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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: The Steve Tisch Company, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, SKA Films, Summit Entertainment, Steve Tisch Company, Handmade Films
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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