Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition) Reviews

• Nothing "Special" about this Edition.

  
  By A21B2TJBWCSK1R on 2006-10-20
  If you own the previous edition of Lock, Stock you might really want think about if it is worth double-dipping. The transfer for this one is as good if not slightly worse than the previous 2003 release. There are only two (slight) new extras on this edition. "One Smoking Camera" features the film's cinematographer talking about how he shot the film. He takes us through a few key sequences and shows how they were shot or edited.
  
  Finally, there is "Lock, Stock and Two F**king Barrels," a montage of colourful insults and curse words used throughout the film by various cast members.
  
  Why the extras on the superior Region 2 release weren't ported over is a mystery and as a result this edition is really not worth your time.
  
  

• Brilliant, better than Pulp Fiction

  
  By on 2000-02-14
  Pulp Fiction fans should love this video, as it is quirkier, more exciting and funnier than Tarantino's film. Few movies of the past decade even have a plot that makes sense, let alone one that is interesting, but LS&2SB is not just well thought out, edge-of-seat suspenseful, but it is downright clever.

  Every single actor in this film does a fine to great job of acting, each portrays an unique character and each is perfectly cast. While not a gut-buster, this is a subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle black comedy.

  Unlike most other comedies, the camera work in this movie is just extraordinary. The interspersed slow motion and speeded-up filming of the departure from the card game (after one of the lead characters is swindled out of 500,000 pounds) captures a state of disbelief and sickening depression better than practically any other portrayal of emotion I can recall from any film.

  This movie contains a lot of violence, but it is done tastefully and in a limited fashion. The camera usually pans away from the actually violent parts, leaving the worst to our imaginations (or not, as we each see fit). This is a pleasant contrast with films like Casino, that contained revolting, sickening quantities of senseless violence.

  Finally, the music accompanying this film is excellent. Out of the perhaps several thousand movies I have seen or rented in the past two decades, this was the first soundtrack since Animal House that I purchased and it is a very strong collection of old and new tunes that really added a lot to the atmosphere.

  This one is worth buying, not just renting.
  
  

• Rock and roll roller coaster soundtrack

  
  By on 1999-05-06
  First, go see the movie. Then by magnetic force you will be compelled to buy the CD in order to once again experience the rock and roll rollercoaster ride of the movie. An ecletic mix of rock, James Brown blues, and brit pop - along with a nice dose of classic soundbite snipits from the movie (a la Pulp Fiction). When I first got this soundtrack I was reading the playlist and thought "who are all these artists?" Now I will go out of my way to find their albums. The whole CD is great driving music - don't skip any songs!
  
  

• One of the funniest, most original movies to come out!

  
  By ADOSOJ9HJAHDU on 2000-01-06
  After all of the hyped Tarantino wannabe films of the early 90's, I was more than a little reluctant to see this film, because I was told that it followed that mold. However, I was pleasantly surprised and excited about this Brit gem that I feel is far superior than 'Pulp Fiction' or any of those other movies. Perhaps because it takes place in England, and it contains a lot of words and things that I have never heard before, but I just love this film to death. The story of four friends who find themselves heavily in debt after one of them loses big money to a local gangster, hilarity ensues as they figure out a way to get the money by the end of the week. Throw in two ancient shotguns, a bunch of clueless druggies, a few more badass gangsters and a huge case of mistaken identity, and you get one of the freshest films to be released in America for a long time. Everything is perfect--the cast, the plot, the characters. I was laughing so hard, tears were rolling down my face. If you haven't seen this film yet, you must. It is so funny, you'll want to watch it over and over again.
  
  

• TWO versions of the soundtrack, read below:

  
  By A1YMZYY6F9Z84W on 2001-12-14
  Guy Ritchie is not only an amazing director, but he's attached the most unusual and awesome mix of music to this classic-to-be movie. This CD is for anyone who enjoys something away from the normal. BE WARNED!! There are two versions! I myself accidentally bought the American version, HUGE MISTAKE!!!! It lacked many delicious songs that were vital for maximum enjoyment. Please do NOT make the same mistake I did, buy the Imported version, do your research, you'll see. ENJOY!!
  
  
• British pulp fiction
  By A3NZVCL9N8CLHB on 2004-05-24
  Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels is a fantastic british crime drama that has more the disposition of a black comedy than anything else. in the Tradition of quinton tarintino films, this movie is stylish and compelling. With a character driven story and a long convoluted plot. The story follows a group of small time thieves who get way into deep in a game of cards. This sets of an INSANE chain reaction of events, all centered somehow around 2 antique shotguns worth a half million pounds - of course no one knows how much they're worth!!

  This is one of the most ironic movies of it's type you'll find. The way all the shiesty characters are brought together in the film is brilliant and entertaining. You've got crosses and double crosses and triple crosses, and in the climax you have the stage set for a major disaster as everyone is killing everyone else, with thanks to great confusion and mistaken identity.

  The actual plot twists turns are far too complex to go over in this review just suffiuce it to say that you'll be watching the movie laughing to yourself at the unbelievable turns of fate that unfold on the screen. The wild web of relationships between the characters is simply hilarious. There are chracters working for people they dont even know they are working for who end up killing their own boss unkowingly in the confusion. The camera style is excellent and the english flair is a nice component to the overall feel of the movie in comparison to typical american crime culture flicks. This is a must see for fans of resevoir dogs, pulp fiction, jackie brown, playing god, good fellas, or any similar movie. this is just one of those movies you'll have to sit down and watch in order to see what all the full is about.

  Very well written and well directed, Lock stock and two smoking barrels is an enjoyable experience all around.
  
  

• Great bloody movie
  By A3KN5JAFNGNTRT on 2001-05-02
  If only more movies were made with this attention to craftsmanship! In bullet point form:

  1) Great, inventive caper plot. Not since The Sting or the Usual Suspects has a film kept you guessing. The pace is really quick, yet none of the events seemed forced or contrived.

  2) Stylish presentation! The shots in the gambling montage are as dynamic and thought-out as any music video you've seen. A great blending of visual design sense and film.

  3) Dialog, dialog, dialog! Don't get me wrong - there's plenty of action in this movie, set against working class England. The words that come out of even the dopiest character in Lock, Stock... make you want to go out and read a thesaurus.

  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE if you are tired of the same formulaic action junk, with the same four actors (sorry, Harrison, Arnold, Bruce and Mel) and are not put off by some SERIOUS Cockney accents. This is a terrific thinking-man's action film.
  
  

• Great Brit Pulp Fiction
  By A2B73CL3QSYWLB on 2005-01-01
  I was fortunate to have seen this film prior to it's American release in London where I was attending my brother's wedding in 1998. I was totally blown away by this high energy caper film. My first reaction was to compare Ritchie's style with that of Quentin Tarantino. On subsequent reflection,no, director Guy Ritchie with this film and the subsequent "Snatch" has a style all of his own. What impresses is the way Ritchie handles all of the storylines in this densely plotted story. He also does it in such a quick-cutting, high-energy style that you have to stop and catch your breath. Ritchie also gets the most out of a mostly unknown cast. Most impressive is Vinnie Jones, a former rugby player known for his agressive play on the field, as a formidable debt collector. It's a shame that the best he could do in American films was that lame remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds". My understanding is that Ritchie populated the film with alot of underworld types and that may account for the realism. Here's hoping that Ritchie gets back to his roots with his upcoming feature after the misfire that was "Swept Away".
  
  
• A lot of giraffes in a movie that kicks a lot of khyber
  By A27PSZX2SE0B51 on 2002-05-23
  In baseball they talk about the best all-around players as being "5-tooled": they hit for average, hit for power, run, play defense, and throw. To become a 5-tooled filmmaker, one would have to: present stunning and effective visuals, control a propulsive story, create indelible characters, write smart and important dialogue, and select a fitting and articulate soundtrack. In contemporary cinema only two American auteurs, Wes Anderson and the Coen Brothers, come even close to filling out all five criterion. You have to cross the pond and get a Brit, Guy Ritchie, to find my choice as today's only 5-tooled filmmaker. With his debut movie, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", he proves why.

  Visually, "Lock, Stock..." is a stunner. Ritchie's camera is free and expressive and full of energy, while never relying on the tired and the cliched to make a point. Two sequences quickly come to mind. The first, which I call the "I can't believe I lost it all" scene, displays Eddie's dismay after [losing] out in a high-stakes poker game. The woozy, punched-in-the-gut feeling that we all can relate to in moments like this is stunningly captured by an array of subtle camera tricks. No words are spoken, but Eddie's anguish is palpable. The second sequence, which I call the "let's celebrate by getting [blind drunk]" scene, details the cathartic elements of consuming massive amount of alcohol. It begins with wretched excess, and ends with sloppy sleep. Anyone familiar with a night of drunken revelry will have it immediately called to mind in this, another wordless sequence. Throughout the entire film, Ritchie doesn't spare any part of his visual palette, always in a tasteful and significant way.

  The story he's come up with is just delightful. It's infinitely more complicated than most contemporary gangster films, weaving a labyrinthine path from start to finish that always has the audience guessing. That is until the key moments when it wants the audience to know exactly where it's heading. It then telegraphs, most amusingly, the next plot point. One such moment sees a gang driving back home after a job. The audience has just seen a bloodbath at their destination, and can't wait to see what the characters' reaction will be when they arrive. Ritchie's command of dramatic irony is astounding in these moments, as is his ability to keep clear several dozen parallel plots. It all leads up to an ambiguous ending that reminded me a lot of John Sayles' "Limbo". You don't necessarily know what happens after the credits have rolled, but it doesn't really hurt your enjoyment of the story (in fact, it helps. A lot).

  Patrolling this story is a vast army of characters, none coming close to a third dimension, but all somehow fully drawn anyway. Ritchie gives us clueless would-be cons, ganja growing private school boys, aggressive and unpredictable black gangsters, a sadistic card sharp, and a paternal debt collector. All are skillfully portrayed, funny, and believable. Ritchie wastes little time developing character, but manages to anyway. Clever shortcuts, such as the names he gives them speak, volumes without saying much at all. A ruthless gang leader is appropriately named Dog. The moneylender's muscle is named Barry the Baptist, for his predilection towards drowning his victims. And in one of the film's most curious running jokes, a skinny member of Eddie's gang is nicknamed "Fat" Tom, a sobriquet even he doesn't understand. All of these characters are skillfully acted, more often than not by credible non-actors. Notorious footballer Vinnie Jones is the best of the bunch, as Big Chris (who squires around his son, Little Chris, to jobs). Jones shows true menace under Chris' relaxed exterior. Jason Statham and Lenny McLean are the other amateurs who bring real life grit to their roles.

  North American audiences may have a tough time chopping their way through the jungle of Cockney accents, but if they can they'll find that Ritchie's dialogue is stylish and sublime. One of my favourite irritated monologues, in a film full of them, is this gem spoken by Rory Breaker, the aforementioned unpredictable black gangster:

  "If you hold back anything, I'll kill ya. If you bend the truth or I think your 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 said? Because if you don't, I'll kill ya."

  It's stylized, true. And funny as heck. But as written, and especially as delivered, it's a menacing little bit of theatre. Furthermore, Ritchie's reliance on Cockney rhyming slang gives the film an authentic and puzzling tone. Thankfully, the DVD comes complete with a rhyming slang dictionary, so it's ham and cheesy to get a translation in no bird.

  The soundtrack holds a mix of songs from many disparate styles. But they always manage to provide relevant commentary on the action, and they always make the action, and sometimes the audience, move. We've got a couple of James Brown tunes, a track by the Stone Roses, the Stooges doing "I Wanna Be Your Dog" in one hilarious moment, and Robbie Williams (!) punching up the action in another. The punkier elements mix perfectly with the funkier ones, creating a unified message where I'd thought one couldn't ever exist.

  After the first time I saw "Lock, Stock..." in theatres, I made it my mission to create a good word-of-mouth buzz about this film. I wouldn't shut up about this fantastic little movie. It's the kind of edgy, addictive cinema that should be more common and more popular. I'm doing my best to spread the word. Won't you follow me?
  
  

• Terribly Over-rated
  By A3RM7IFWOC2DW1 on 2000-02-19
  Lock, Stock, and... should be filed under that great pantheon of obvious and too inspired films. A modern, hip gangster film crammed with all the prerequisite underdeveloped stock characters and plot that "surprisingly" converges in the finale. Its not like we havent seen this sort of thing before, so Guy Ritchie ends up making a film that feels like pieces of other, better, movies. A glorified clone.

  That is not to say it isnt okay. Despite all the flaws in predictable characters and plotting (not to mention events lifted from other movies), it is still interesting enough to make you want to see how it ends. It is tolerable, but, for myself, just in that one viewing.

  The cast of characters is way too large for any of them to really develop beyond caricature. Most are strictly defined by cool sounding names like Hatchet Harry, Rory Breaker, Barry the Babtist, and Jimmy the Saint (oh, sorry, Jimmy the Saint was from that other over-inspired hipster gangster film Things to do in Denver when You're Dead. Funny how they all run together) And, whether menacing or likable, or likably menacing, all of characters are laced with humor, and quips abound. But, it feels strained, with nearly every character speaking with fast, silver tongued ribbings (as in Bringing up Baby, Hudsucker Proxy,...Jackie Brown). Instead of being natural, it feels like a contrivance.

  So too, is the directing too reliant on devices. It is fine to have a technique you like, such as the slow motion montage, but if executed too glaringly and often it becomes tiresome. Guy Ritchies direction, the slow motion effects, the loopy or dead straight steadycam shots, just never struck me as being very individual or unique. Once again, it looks like a pale imitation of others, not quite original enough. Personally, the harsh lighting on the indoor scenes was hideous to look at, and the music seemed punched in, too loud, and not smoothly worked in at all.

  Vinnie Jones was very commanding as Big Chris. Val Blackwwod was completely unintimidating as Rory Breaker. And, Sting was completely Sting (hate when a celebrity shows up for five seconds in a movie, never establishing a character).

  If Guy Ritchie could escape the stranglehold of his peers, and find at least one original bone in his body, he may, someday, create something worthwhile.
  
  

• A brilliant directorial debut
  By A2Q5PDCSQ1JSF1 on 2000-06-02
  After four moderately clean boys (relative to the other characters of the film) find themselves way over their heads in debt, they dream up a plan to cover their debt and put them on easy street. As they end up crossing villain after villain they are finally tracked down. Their adventures make for a perfectly insane story with a brilliant, ambiguous ending.

  Guy Ritchie has a masterpiece here. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a brilliantly woven together jumble of plot twists within plot twists all culminating at the end in a perfectly neat and tidy package.

  Ritchie brought music video cinematography to this movie and it could not have worked better. Each and every scene is portrayed perfectly by the toned down colors and hyper-frenetic camera play. The acting is perfect, clearly bringing across the cleverness, brutality, or sheer stupidity of the characters.

  Ritchie et al. have brought the gangster film into the 90's and done an impeccable job of it. While the movie plays loudly and outrageously, there are constant subtle undercurrents and great implications concerning everyone involved. While not especially deep, LS&2SB makes for a hilariously fun ride.
  
  

• excellent film finally getting the SE treatment
  By AS8C336DDLSO4 on 2006-10-02
  This movie is so good, it's finally here in the US in a special edition both fans and newcomers should pick up. While the second disc of extras is nice (the cinematography extra is probably the most informative of the bunch) the real treat here is having the director's cut.
  This cut of the film actually helped me to better understand the plot (as well as clearly explaining the rules of the game of poker played in the film). And it's not that much longer, just long enough that a fan of the film will notice the "new" parts.
  
  I already own the UK release of this dvd and i'm glad that finally it's available in R1 for more people to experience.
  
  
• "A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's turning into a bad day in Bosnia."
  By A25ZVI6RH1KA5L on 2007-01-10
  I've owned Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) on DVD for a few years now and I've watched it about three or four times so far mainly due to the fact it's extremely entertaining and engaging, but also because it's one of those films that actually gets a little better each time it's viewed, in my opinion. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Swept Away), the film features Jason Flemyng (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Dexter Fletcher (Tristan + Isolde), Nick Moran (The Rules of Engagement), and Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter, Crank), in his first, feature film. Also appearing is P.H. Moriarty (Jaws 3-D), Vinnie Jones (Snatch), Lenny McLean (The Fifth Element), Frank Harper (Bend It Like Beckham), Steven Mackintosh (Underworld: Evolution), Nicholas Rowe (Young Sherlock Holmes), Stephen Marcus (Quills), Vas Blackwood (Mean Machine), and Sting (Dune) aka Gordon Sumner, former frontman of the band The Police.
  
  The story, set in London's seedy East End, involves four friends named Eddie (Moran), Bacon (Statham), Tom (Flemyng), and Soap (Fletcher) who find themselves in deep with a local criminal boss after Eddie loses big during a poker game. Here's the deal...a scary fellow named 'Hatchet' Harry Lonsdale (Moriarty), who operates an adult novelty shop as a front, has a running card game, one in which the buy in is 100 thousand pounds. Seems Eddie's specialty is not so much in cards, but the ability to read his opponents, so Eddie and his friends come up with the dough in the hopes of turning around a quick profit. Thing is, Harry cheats, so subsequently Eddie loses, and loses big, to the point where he's a half million in the hole to Harry. Harry knows Eddie's buy in money came from a collective pool, so he now holds them all responsible for the debt, and has given them approximately a week to pony up, or else he'll have his collector, a seriously scary individual named Big Chris (Jones), come around to start removing body parts. The situation seems bleak but hope does arrive in the form of a plan, one in which involves Eddie and his friends putting it to Eddie's neighbor, a man named Dog (Harper), who, along with his crew, are planning to rip off a group of local weed dealers. As the various plans come together (along with various comical complications tied to each), Eddie and crew successfully heist Dog's score, but even more complications arise as various players get involved, resulting in an extraordinary amount twists and turns, so much so you just may need a scorecard to keep track of all the action...
  
  One should know I barely scratched the surface of the story above, as there's a great many interesting characters running about this film, along with a large number of varied plot elements which don't seem all that related at first, but eventually do tie together well as the film careens towards its conclusion. The story is very complicated, but I think Ritchie does an excellent job in keeping things orderly and moving along at a solid pace. Ritchie uses a decent amount of techniques to forward the story, including voice overs, slow motion, still frames, flashbacks, odd shooting angles, etc., all of which are utilized in such a way to enhance the story. All the performances are solid, bolstered by a lot of great dialog awash with cockney slang. At first some of the language may seem odd, but after awhile the viewer doesn't notice it as much as they're engrossed in the activity on the screen and certain things not understood through dialog alone become apparent from the inflection of speech and the action of the characters. The first quarter or so of the film sets up most of the characters, while the second quarter presents the dilemma, and then the rest involves Eddie and friends trying to extricate themselves from a very deep hole. As I mentioned earlier, there's a large number of characters introduced throughout, but know each has a specific role in the overall scheme of things, and is presented with the appropriate amount of screen time in terms of their importance to the story. Given this was Ritchie's first film, I was amazed at how well he managed to present as much as he did with the ease in which he did it, as everything clicked her for me. I should also mention the eclectic choice of tunes used throughout worked very well, as there's songs by The Stooges, James Brown, Dusty Springfield, Robbie Williams, The Stone Roses, among others. My favorite character in the film was Big Chris, a no nonsense enforcer/collector played by Vinnie Jones (he was `Big' Chris, as his young son, who could often be found at his side, was `Little' Chris). There's a great scene near the end where Big Chris deals with a threat to his son by utilizing a car door on the head on the one who made the threat. There is a copious amount of violence throughout this comical crime caper, but most of it, in terms of the actual visceral displays, isn't shown. An example of this is you'll see someone shooting a gun at someone else, but you don't necessarily see the person being shot at during impact. The trick here is what you don't see you fill in with your mind, given the detailed events just prior, so there's a perception of violence, rather than the actual depiction, which can be just as effective. All in all this is a highly entertaining film, capped off by a great ending. If you've seen this film and are interested in others like it, I'd highly recommend Ritchie's next film entitled Snatch (2000), as they're very similar, the main difference being the latter has a larger budget and features a slew of recognizable faces such as Brad Pitt (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Dennis Farina ("Law & Order"), and Benicio Del Toro (Traffic), along with a number of performers from this film.
  
  The DVD I own is the initial release, and not the `Lock N' Loaded' director's cut which was released later. In terms of the version I own, the picture, available in both widescreen anamorphic (1.85:1) and fullscreen format (1.33:1), looks clean, and the Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio comes across very well. In terms of extras there are production notes, cast and crew biographies, a production featurette, trailers for both the U.S. and U.K. release, an informative cockney rhyming slang dictionary, and subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
  
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• Lock, Stock, and Twenty Smoking Foul Mouths
  By on 2000-03-11
  Like many people, I can hear the occasional swear word in a movie which heightens the dramatic or comedic effect. Yet, when it seems that every other sentence includes swear words, the dramatic or comedic effect wears off and these just become an endless string of offensive words. When you combine foul language with a heavy dose of gratuitous violence, you have a fairly good idea of the content of this movie. Are there some comical scenes? Yes, but not ha, ha, ha comical. My British friends tell me that it is easier for those who grew up in England to appreciate this flick, as they can understand the inside humor. For example, one of the stars, reportedly, is a famous English football star. Unfortunately, for some of us, who do not have the background, we just hear the swear words, see violence and remain unamused.
  
  
• not very impressive
  By A2RW587355CMVA on 2001-04-03
  Don't get wrong, I have nothing against violence in movies. Films such as Godfather, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are among my all-time favorites. "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" however didn't impress me at all and certainly didn't live up to the hype. People often compare this movie to Taratino for a good reason, the entire movie feels like a sleazy sequel to Pulp Fiction with a bit of failed attempt at imitating Trainspotting, and a spice of Coen brothers' funkiness. Its so-called hipness and innovations consist of nothing but a bunch of first-year film-school cinematographical trickeries and scattered clever dialogues. The movie as a whole breaks no ground and simply doesn't work consistently. The story-line is supposed to be the trendy non-streamlined and multi-dimensional structure favorited by many successful avant-garde filmmakers, but the movie suffers from its excessive and pretentious twists and turns. The characters in the film are extremely one-dimensional that you don't give a damn whether they live or not. I really don't know what to make of this movie. If the movie is intended to be a plot-driven character-based film, it failed without a doubt; if the movie is supposed to be an innovative exploration in styles, it also failed. Little cute and quirky tricks do not amount to art. I've seen Snatch recently in theatre and that was even worse.
  
  
• Funny and unpredictable
  By AQSNJ8HQ3WHMS on 2003-12-30
  We don't typically like R-rated films. We have found a lot of violence and sex to be cover-ups for a lack of plot. In this movie, the violence is done in a very British, Monty-Pythonish way (as opposed to a Texas Chainsaw Massacre way!) that kept us laughing, even when people were being killed. The movie had enough tension to keep it interesting. We did have a hard time understanding some of the dialogue, but we were able to keep up with what was going on. The movie was thoroughly entertaining. My husband, who likes hardly any movies, loved it. We will watch this movie again!
  
  
• It's all been very emotional.
  By A34PAZQ73SL163 on 2004-11-12
  This is one of the most artful films that I've ever seen. The plot ties together perfectly and every character is linked in some way to the story. The acting is great and the soundtrack's even better. Just listening to the dialogue is worth the purchase price if you ask me. Before he married Madonna, this filmmaker had a lot going for him. Oh well, such is life.
  
  
• Lock Stock the F******* lot
  By AQI2CW6UKF1ES on 2005-04-08
  This is one of the best soundtracks avalable
  
  1. Hundred Mile City-The first song herd in the movie, I like the way it plays in the movie and on the soundtrack 9/10
  
  2. "It's A Deal, It's A Steal-Interlude(Pretty funny tho)N/A
  
  3. The Boss - James Brown-Usally can't have a 70's soundtrack without James Brown, ad this song does good in the movie, and brings back good ol' memories 9/10
  
  4. Skanga - Truly, Madly Deeply-Skanga does a real good job on making a liad back song that's good for the ears and movie 10/10
  
  5. Hortf**kinculturalist - Winston-Interlude(This is pretty funy too N/A
  
  6. Police And Theives - Junior Murvin-I didn't really like this song, it was ok in the movie, but not outside the movie 5/10
  
  7. 18 With A Bullet - Lewis Taylor & Carleen Anderson-Pretty soulful remix to the track used in this movie, but not as good as the original 8/10
  
  8. Spooky - Dusty Springfield-A remake to a song I've herd my parents listen to a million times. This doesn't make me really forget the original, but good in the movie 7/10
  
  9. The Game -Nice instrumental, sounds like something a mafia movie would use, but it still fits nicely in the movie and the soundtrack 10/10
  10. "Muppets - Harry, Barry, & Gary-Interlude(It was ok)N/A
  11. Man Machine - Robbie Williams-The exclusive new song on this soundtrack. I learned the hookline, now I gotta learn the rest of it. Pretty nice song 9/10
  
  12. Walk This Land - E Z Roller-A cool smooth flowing track that gets me daydreaming. It fits excellent in the seene it's playd in. 10/10
  
  13. Blaspheming Barry - Barry-Interlude(I liked this one alot, it's short but petty hysterical) N/A
  
  14. I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges-Fit excellent in the movie, but I'm having a hard time getting into it otherwise 7/10
  
  15. It's Kosher - Tom & Nick-Interlude(The longest talking one) N/A
  
  16. Liar Liar - Castaways-Man childhood memories. My parents loved the oldies station, and this was the first time I herd it in years. Good song, and fir well in the movie 10/10
  
  17. I've Been Shot - Plank & Dog-Interlude(It's not Plank it's John, just thought I should point that out) N/A
  
  18. Why Did You Do It - Stretch-Good ol' funk eh. I love this song, and it fit perfectly in the part it was listenable in 10/10
  
  19. Guns 4 Showknives For Pro - Ed & Soap-Interlude(It was allright) N/A
  
  20. Oh Girl - Evil Superstars- This song was ok, and it came in at the right time for the movie 8/10
  
  21. If The Milk Turns Sour - John Murphy & David-Interlude(Rory was one of the backbones in this movie, and this is one of his funny quotes) N/A
  
  22. Zorba The Greek - John Murphy & David Hughes-I acually like this song. It's got a uptempo beat, to get a little adreanaline rushing, and it went perfectly in the movie 10/10
  
  23. I'll Kill Ya - John Murphy & David Hughes-Interlude(Rory's unforgetable speech is spoken in this interlude. Original and funny) N/A
  
  24. The Payback - James Brown-I loved this song ever since, well, a long time. And to hear it in this movie was pretty cool. 10/10
  
  25. Fools Gold - The Stone Roses-Excellent song for a cruse. It fit well for the movie, and it fits well for anytime you wan't to listen to music 10/10
  
  26. It's Been Emotional - Big Chris-Interlude(Not the closing words, but nice enough) N/A
  
  27. 18 With A Bullet - Pete Wingfield-This is one of the best songs for an ending theme. If a song like this can make me sit throgh the castlines, then it has to be good 10/10
  
  Man why did te US get shafted. I bought the US version first, and wondered where a lot of the songs I herd on the movie were. When I found out the UK version had more, boy I was pissed. Anyway, if you're a fan of this movie, or soundtracks of films like Pulp Fiction, or any other Tarantino film, you should definintly pick this up.
  
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• chock full of language,violence and humour.
  By A3AVXCMJKARIF9 on 2006-10-24
  a low budget but extremely well acted and directed movie. you are taken into a part of england that few americans are familiar with. the rough and tumble world of the cockney english criminals is explored with a great deal of humour buy director guy ritchie. this movie is rated "r"for a very good reason, there are ALOT of drug references,some minor female nudity and ALOT of language,but if this doesn't bother you and you are looking for some great saturday night type movie entertainment this is it.
  the violence is intense but this movie is not what i would call mean spirited,there is only a bunch of cockney criminals trying to do their JOB and a bunch of younger guys who are trying to make a quick buck(or pound in this case" and find themselves in a lot of trouble over a gambeling debt. the humour is great which takes alot of the edge off of the extreme violence in this movie and you just have to kind of ignore the language (if that bothers you).
  all in all a wonderful escapism movie,one that has been embraced by a ever growing cult and for a good reason.
  enjoy this one!
  
  
• Bloody Awful
  By on 1999-10-14
  This movie wants so much to be another "Trainspotting" or "Pulp Fiction," but it fails miserably. The characters are bland and interchangeable, the plot totally contrived to be as ironic as possible. Nothing is more uncool than trying too hard to be cool, which this movie is guilty of to the third degree.
  
  
• Movie rocks, DVD sucks!!
  By A3JHW0IXHIRTMA on 2000-10-27
  This movie is absolutely fabulous. Unfortunately, the DVD version is VERY bad. The sound is totally out of sync with the characters mouth. VERY annoying...Hopefully they will fix this awful release next time... too bad there's no try before you buy.
  
  
• A fresh, sharp, fast-paced crime thriller
  By A1NSMQIF1C2VCE on 2002-05-30
  When "Pulp Fiction" came out, it sent giant waves through pop culture. Suddenly, everyone wanted to emulate Quentin Tarantino's dialogue, direction, worldview and characters. A score of poorly conceived knockoffs flooded the marketplace.

  Happily, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" isn't one of them. Although it dwells in the shadow of "Pulp Fiction," Guy Ritchie's film is a work that stands on its own, without a single snickering reference to Tarantino's work. Only the age of the cast and the director form the basis for any real comparisons. Ritchie's film has more heart, no particular interest in popular culture, is even more of a character study and, at its heart, is intensely English.

  The trouble begins when four friends pool a substantial sum (100,000 pounds) to get their cardshark friend into a high stakes poker game. Unfortunately, the mobster wants the bar owned by the cardshark's father (wonderfully portrayed by Sting, in a performance fans of his hard-nosed Police days will cheer), and rigs the game. Suddenly, the boys have to come up with half a million pounds in a week, or lose digits off their hands as well as the bar. Living in a shady area of London's East End, opportunities for a criminal enterprise present themselves, and suddenly we're off, peeking into the world of one criminal after another, all of whom seem set to rob, beat or kill one another, and all of whom are more enmesshed in each others' business than they realize. The extended climax throws around more bullets than "Pulp Fiction" and "The Wild Bunch" combined, and somehow, out of all the chaos and bloodshed, manages to find real humor and a surprising sweetness even in the most hardened of mobsters.

  Strongly recommended for fans of crime movies including, yes, Quentin Tarantino's works.
  
  

• GREAT SOUNDTRACK!!! UK version
  By A2DMHY1EBYM7P8 on 2002-07-09
  I nearly bought the US version until I stumbled upon this one, compared and realised that so much was left off the US one. If you like this one, you will like the Snatch Soundtrack. I did get the US one on that. But the only difference are the dialouge tracks, which I was able to live without, considering I own Snatch VHS and have it memorized. in fact i have L S & 2S B memorized too, but it is ten times funnier.
  
  
• British Complexity!
  By A1SLQ8UQ41FVL1 on 2002-12-18
  Ah British movie making - very much British humor, British intensity, and British "taking the piss" out of each other! Some Americans will find it offensive, but the British have a different perspective on each other! There are increadible twists and turns and is sometimes hard to follow, but well worth the focus required! Don't think that you will be able to figure it out! It's fairly violent, and, in my opinion, not suitable for kids under 16.
  
  
• "I HATE TRAFFIC WARDENS"
  By on 2004-05-02
  I hate traffic wardens, but I love this movie! LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is graced with many hilarious and multi-dimensional characters and is lucky enough to have actors that accurately bring them to life. This film from Guy Ritchie, much like the film that would follow it, SNATCH, is about many different characters with different motives tied into one twisted, comic, and even more complicated stroyline. This film can be quite funny if you understand it, but beware of getting lost. Most every line in this film has some significance to the plot, and if that weren't enough, you have to understand it with the thick accents. So, pay close attention to what the characters are trying to say and you will most likely enjoy yourself. If you do do your best at paying attention to every line, and you end up not enjoying the film, then you probably missed something, or you didn't miss anything and your cold and have no sense of humor. Guy Ritchie directs with his own unique style and uses many interesting techniques to tell this energetic and fast-paced action comedy. If you enjoy this film, then you will definitely enjoy SNATCH, Ritchie's follow-up (not a sequel). But back to LOCK STOCK, if you like comedy, action, suspense, more comedy, and energy to wrap it all up, along with a great soundtrack, then I strongly recommend LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS. Enjoy the cockneyrhyming slang.
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• Brilliant!
  By A3OPB9JECFJEHK on 2006-09-07
  A superbly woven story that features gambling, thugs, drugs, toffs, scousers, cockneys and a couple of antique shotguns thrown in for good measure. The acting is excellent throughout with a very strong casting. Guy Ritchie's direction is excellent with well used camera placement/editing. The soundtrack compliments the film well. I would advise that for the first 15 minutes you don't do anything but concentrate on the film - there are a number of separate storylines that unfold - if you miss the beginning the later scenes might not make much sense. 100% recommended and lends itself to repeated viewings. A classic.
  
  
• Very Good Indeed! Boy!
  By A282SK11CBECM8 on 2006-09-12
  This is a very good picture of that english lad married to a strange weird looking woman
  
  Guy Ritchie's first feature length movie (if you ignore The Hard Case, circa 1995 20min short. prequel to this movie) is an excelent DVD to spent money on!!
  
  Entreteining, and funny as a black comedy could bE!!!! this new edition will add +8min of new footage!
  
  
  So what're the EXtras on this new Edition? Maybe the same on The UK Region 2 DVD 2disc??
  
  #R2 SE United Kingdom - (Universal Pictures - Shotgun Edition)
  #Extras: DISC 1: *The Film
  #Extras: DISC 2:
  -Interactive Map of East London
  -Interactive Poker Game
  -"Lock, Stock and Two F**cking Barrels" Montage (1:53)
  -"One Smoking Camera" Featurette (11:08)
  -Five Smoking Featurettes
  --------- Beginning (21:55)
  --------- Shooting (11:56)
  --------- Cutting (6:50)
  --------- Marketing (7:07)
  --------- Done and Dusted (5:54)
  -Publicity:
  --------- Artwork Gallery (4 images)
  --------- 4 TV Spots (1:43)
  --------- 3 Trailers (4:32)
  #Soundtrack(s): English DTS 5.1, DD5.1
  #Note: R2/4 encoded (both discs).
  
  
  I HOpe Yes!!!
  
  
• Celluloid Fiction
  By A3KKM0T1KY42HA on 2007-02-07
  A friend of mine suggested that I watch 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels..."It's the British version of Pulp Fiction," he proclaimed.
  
  There is the similarity that characters unaware of each other's presence are ultimately all connected by the closing credits in both Pulp Fiction (1994) and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. There is a lot of shooting. But otherwise, there were not a lot of plot similarities. And Pulp Fiction is much more of a violence R-rated film than the mainly language R-rating slapped on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
  
  So, I'm glad that my friend recommended Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to me, but I'd mostly disagree about his summation of the film. This movie absolutely stands on it's own as a good, suspenseful action flick with some terrific twists. It's funny when it wants to be. It's serious. It's thrilling...a thoroughly enjoyable movie from the late 90s.
  
  I don't know why I'd never taken the time before yesterday to watch Director Guy Ritchie's story of 4 guys that get themselves in deep with a local kingpin. But I can tell you that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was sure good enough to have me add Ritchie's 2000 follow-on Snatch (aka Lock, Stock and Six Stolen Diamonds) to my Ready-to-View queue; I understand that several of the actors are back, but all playing unrelated characters along side Brad Pitt. But that's another review entirely.
  
  Check out Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
  
  
  
• The good news is that they all die. . .
  By A15J07RXB3W0YX on 2008-03-29
  ..well, almost all. this is a gloriously misanthropic british movie that hinges on a crooked card game that leaves our four heroes in debt for a half a million pounds to a gangster with the unpropitious name of Hatchet Harry. The boys attempt to raise the money and the world in the form of various crooks and ganja dealers tries to take it from them.
  the dialog is crisp and ironic. unfortunately, it's masked by the unfortunate tendency of the english to speak, well, english and the wise american viewer will take advantage of the subtitles which appear in unmistakable english-i mean, american.
  this variant on the classic caper movie depends on almost every single character being to vile to be tolerated. the denouement is a jolly cathartic bloodbath in which hardly anyone is left standing.
  
  Lynn Hoffman, author of the much less bloody novel, bang BANG
  
  
• About the grittiest movie I've ever seen.
  By on 1999-10-26
  Who can argue with a movie filmed entirely in monochromatic sepia? --Definitely adds to the mood and gritty ambiance. --And who can find fault with a camera-shot out of a pot of boiling water as seen from the veggies' p.o.v.? The acting is gorgeous; no mucking about with love interests. Aside from two fathers and their respective sons relationships added for contrast, this is a mano-a-mano slugfest. To watch the movie 'cold,' i.e. no idea of its story content, requires concentration; there are some five different groups who start off independent of each other, but will eventually fuse and implode. (Remember the ending of 'A Shot In the Dark', when everyone is driving madly around a fountain and eventually collide? Pour example). The final shot is deliciously contrived, as it should be and it worked most satisfyingly. Who needs a syrupy ending. This must be a first of its genre (wholesale slaughter) for the British, and comes as a surprise. Very gifted, those British. All characters are rich and marvelously defined.
  
  

• Snatch (Widescreen Edition)
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