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CAST & CREW
Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
Directed by Guy Ritchie
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SYNOPSIS
A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. more...
MPAA RATING
R
RUNTIME
1 hour, 48 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Video: Nov 4, 2002
GENRE
Comedies, Action, Scams And Cons, Farce, Guns, Violence
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 "Maintains a light-hearted perspective, despite the blood."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
 "A welcome entry in the flailing neo-noir tradition."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE WEEKLY
"Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels est du tr�s bon cinema."
-- Louis-J�r�me Cloutier, PANORAMA
"Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is the laborious title of an even more laborious Cockney action movie."
-- David Edelstein, SLATE
"A rockin' good time."
-- Jane Ganahl, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"A uniquely entertaining film."
-- Elspeth Haughton, APOLLO GUIDE
"Ritchie handles his convoluted plot and frenetic pacing with elan and sprinkles it all with liberal doses of black humor and lots of quotable dialogue."
-- MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
"Would be a prominent piece of low-budget filmmaking if had appeared a decade or so ago, but by now the genre is so tired, the glorification of violent criminals so prosaic, that it rates simply as an also-ran."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"The best film since Pulp Fiction in which there are no really good guys."
-- Bradley Null, FILMCRITIC.COM
"You're more or less bound to have a blast watching it, that is, if you don't take any of it seriously."
-- Ted Prigge, DECONSTRUCTING EDWARD
"Entertaining because of its intricate plot, kinetic editing and imaginative camera angles."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"Just don't expect to be dazzled by the story, because if you're like me... you'll have trouble following the faces, and hence, the plot, from one scene to another."
-- Greg Dean Schmitz, GREG'S PREVIEWS AT YAHOO! MOVIES
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"Even when the violence gets out of control, as bad as 'a bad day in Bosnia,' there�s an underlying level of wit and humor."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"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."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Because the film has to split its running time among so many different characters, all of whom look alike and act alike but have different names, I got rather bored."
-- Matt Easterbrook, MATT'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"Fans of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are in for a treat."
-- Judith Egerton, COURIER-JOURNAL (LOUISVILLE, KY)
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a movie with absolutely nothing to say."
-- Ray Greene, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Unlike Tarantino movies, this film wasn't peppered with pop references all over the place, but it did lace itself with a fine overtone of comedy and irony."
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
"With it's likeable band of rogue heroes, comedic situations and standout performances is a great way to spend two hours."
-- Richard John, JAM! MOVIES
"Irreverent, violent and wickedly clever."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"What starts out as a hodgepodge of Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting and Reservoir Dogs slowly becomes as enjoyable and visually stylish as the films from which Lock, Stock draws its comparisons."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Although there are several funny episodes, the picture as a whole never quite gels."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Johnny Rotten circa 1977 couldn't have directed a more joyously obnoxious bit of tomfoolery."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"A Laurel and Hardy film would have looked like deep sardonic humor compared with this sophomoric effort."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
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"This may be the first movie to capture the reckless exuberance of Pulp Fiction without seeming like a blatant rip-off."
-- James Berardinelli, REELVIEWS
"Lock, Stock is fun, in a slapdash way; it has an exuberance, and in a time when movies follow formulas like zombies, it's alive."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"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."
-- Bob Graham, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"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."
-- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"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."
-- Stanley Kauffmann, NEW REPUBLIC
"The best one can say is that it's a smart cartoon, and a fairly exhausting viewing experience."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"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."
-- Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES
"The film's lures, while undeniable, are synthetic, and we never do learn what fuels all the greed besides pints of beer."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Go see it if you're in the mood. You're bound to get a chuckle, but don't expect too much."
-- Paul Tatara, CNN
"Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
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