Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (DVD 1999)

Incredibly funny and entertaining story of four young "criminals" out for big money. This is one of the most intelligently written stories I've ever seen. If you like to write screenplays, let this one take you for a spin. Very fast paced film with great editing techniques and a hilarious cast and storyline thats sure to entertain, as long as you can handle the accents. Great cinematography as well. This story will send you through a cork screw. See it once, then see it again to see what you missed

not only one of the best british films but one of the best films of all time i would say...enough said!

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is just one of those films that you can watch again and again.
I never cease to marvel at the way the different characters lives all eventually intertwine.
It is richly filmed, and is obviously British in its manner.. showing Londons seedier, but cheekier side.
Absolutely brilliant.. with more turns than a roller coaster at the end..

Great film Reasonable price many hours of comical and gangster dudes viewing. Excellent.............. ps my nieghbour loves it also, but he's not going to keep it. He will have to buy his own. Cheers...............

Guy Ritchie doing his thing....Excellent!

Great actors starring in a hilarious film that I just want to watch over and over again!

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels is an Excellent movie an all time greatest film you have to see it i decided to buy it because its a dam good movie

Love this, i'd give it 10 out of 5 stars if I could.

guy richie at his very best

''If the milk turns out to be sour, i ain't the kinda pussy to drink it.....do ya know what I mean''

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels G8 Movie :D:D

GUY Ritchie at his best........................

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Great film love it from start to finish always changing wots goin on i personally love it and recommend.

WHAT A GREAT FILM , A CULT FILM AND ITS AN ENGLISH FILM WHICH MAKES IT EVEN BETTER AND IT`L HAVE YA HOOKED FROM START TO FINISH ...............................................................................................

I watched this film when it was first released and loved it. I had the film on VHS and with the demise of video decided to get it on DVD. I could watch it a million times. So many life sized characters in a rollercoaster plot which keeps you glued to the quirky end. Just absolute genuis !!

Beyond brilliance,guy ritchies pulls out all the stops for this masterpiece, a interwining London based tale of different people, all after one thing, money. A rigged poker game fails, and 4 buddys owe a mob boss 1/2 million, do they get it? Who knows. Own this.

Guy Ritchie's hip, highly stylized 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is a truly remarkable film, not only for its appropriately pyrotechnic camera work, but also for its seemingly flawless, puzzle-perfect script/screenplay. While the picture's main focus is on a group of lads who invest money in a high-stakes, rigged card game and lose, the broader story concerns approximately eight different groups of criminals whose paths cross (more> than once, in some cases) during various illegal pursuits: money, guns, drugs, even revenge. The film is quite violent, both on and off screen, but it's also uniformly humorous throughout. It's important to note that the four central characters (a cook, a card sharp, and a couple of guys who sell "discounted" items) are interested only in acquiring the money to pay off their enormous debt; they kill no one. The same applies to the laid-back college boys who "grow copious amounts of ganja".

The cast is comprised of mostly young, veteran, male actors. In fact, the only female in the film doesn't even speak, though she handles a machine gun fairly well. Sting appears briefly in several scenes as a bar-owning father figure. While his secondary performance is solid, as usual, it is also unmemorable. The soundtrack is first-rate, from the 60's hits of James Brown to the contemporary beats of London's underground. The groovy, pulsating music and lyrics are often succinctly synchronized with the action and dialogue in the film, creating a theatrical rhythm that is fairly uncommon in cinema (from any period).

Critics and audiences over the years have often dismissed stylized camera work as pretentious and unnecessary, stating that it detracts from the story, bogs it down, or pads it; however, the film medium has the luxury of actually "displaying" a story for its audience, unlike the written word alone. It's what the medium is all about -- it's VISUAL. Hence, one of the reasons a filmmaker chooses such visual displays is to "brand" his or her work, in the same way as writers like Cummings, Hemingway or Joyce did with their medium. It's hard to imagine a cinema without Hitchcock, Kubrick, or Scorsese to represent it. To this end, Ritchie has taken his first step in establishing his own brand. His energetic, ultra-contemporary camera work incorporates (through a fresh perspective) such devices as slow motion, fast motion, and freeze-frame coupled with narration. It is at times reminiscent of (and actually expands upon) Martin Scorsese's patented visual stylistics and camera movements, like those found in 'Mean Streets' and 'Goodfellas'. But the similarities with Scorsese's work end there.

Critics' endless comparisons of Ritchie's film with the works of Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle's 'Trainspotting' stand mostly unwarranted, as these comparisons take away from the inventiveness and originality of 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'. Ritchie's film is a much more involved, complex, layered work than the aforementioned comparisons. While Tarantino's films are very strong on dialogue, screenplay, and editing, they often lack creative camera work and direction. Boyle's 'Trainspotting' does have a resembling "feel" to 'LS&TSB', but aside from its Great Britain origins, there really is no need for comparison. 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is essential viewing.

very guick deliver, in excellent condition both box and disc looked brand new good postage price very cheap . excellent seller . would recomend to everyone.

thanks

This is 1 of the best guy richie films and british film ever made. If you dont have in your collection then please buy n put it in your collection.thx

Superb acting by all actors especially Vinnie Jones. I felt the film would have been a lot better if Vinnie was the main leading role.

I felt the film dragged throughtout and never got going. Have seen far better gangster films.

Great Film watched it twice already it was that good........Great Film watched it twice already it was that good........Great Film watched it twice already it was that good

classic!!!!!!
what more can i say!
if you like british films this one is a must........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VERY ENTERTAINING AND CLEVER FILM SET IN LONDON. THIS FILMS FOLLOWS THE ANTICS OF SEVERAL DIRRENT GANGS, WHOS LIVES CROSS PATHS AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE FILM, VERY FUNNY AT TIMES, WRITTEN VERY WELL, THERE IS SOME VIOLENCE AND BAD LANGUAGE IN THIS FILM, BUT IT WELL WORTH WATCHING, THIS FILM HAS BEEN WATCHED OVER AND OVER IN THIS HOUSEHOLD AND ALWAYS MANAGES TO RAISE A LAUGH. WELL WORTH BUYING!!

brilliant sound track and a brilliant watch from the first second to the last!!!!! an absolute must see!

Excellent!

Great actors starring in a hilarious film that I just want to watch over and over again!

Good story line, you should definately watch the sequal "Snatch" after.

this is without doubt the most entertaining movie ever made!! lost count how many times ive watched it!!