| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| When I first saw the poster for this film, I thought "it's a spoof on
'Reservoir Dogs'." I wasn't too far off, it certainly shares that Tarantino
genre. Though, it's not a spoof -- unless you think "Reservoir Dogs" is a
spoof on "bad guy" films. more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (director: Guy Ritchie; cast: Jason
Flemyng (Tom), Dexter Fletcher (Soap), Nick Moran (Eddy), Jason Statham
(Bacon), Vinnie Jones (Big Chris), Peter McNicholl (Son ), P.H. Moriarty
(Hatchet Harry), Lenny McLean (Barry...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Kleszczewski, Nicholas |
| Out of England comes perhaps the most visually exciting and fresh film in
the Tarantino ouvre, except it is hardly a copycat. Within it's two hours
come some of the most fresh characters, intriguing plot twists, and
mesmerizing photography. The...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| I agree with most critics that this is a fine movie, but let's be frank
here, originality ain't this movie's strong suit! If you liked any
combination of the following movies, you will probably enjoy the goings-on
in this film, despite its deja-vu feel...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven
Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty
Screenplay: Guy Ritchie
Producers: Matthew Vaughn
Runtime: 105 min.
US Distribution: Gramercy...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Talk about hype! If you read the newspaper ads, this looks like
an irresistible crime caper. Don't believe it - unless you're willing
and able to decipher rhythmic Cockney slang, familiar only in London's
East End. In fact, the garbled dialogue is...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Comic chaos in the criminal class.
We have seen this sort of thing before, but it
remains amusing. Six different groups of people,
all on the shady side of the law, keep bumping into
each...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Matt Prigge |
| Writer/Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Statham,
P.H. Moriarty, Lenny McLean, Steven Mackintosh, Vas Blackwood, Frank
Harper, Vinnie Jones, Peter McNicholl, Stephen Marcus, Steve Sweeney,
Jake Abraham,...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| It features a ne'er-do-well quartet of underachievers with names
like Soap and Bacon. It's got a narrated, freeze-frame opening sequence in
which two tossers bolt from the fuzz to a pulsating rock soundtrack. It's
got heavily-accented dialogue that...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Imagine that you talk your three best friends into giving you their life
savings for you to wager in a can’t-miss high-stakes poker game.
Imagine that, despite your remarkable card-playing skills, you somehow
lose everything and even end up in debt to a...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Akiva Goldstein |
| Guy Ritchie's new British import LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS
is a film that can be either loved, loathed or both. LOCK, STOCK tells
the story of 4 criminals who pool their money into a rigged game of
poker. They even lose some money that was lent...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS
A film review by Bradley Null
Copyright 1999 Bradley Null
filmcritic.com more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Cheng-Jih Chen |
| The too clever yet too convoluted title is the first problem. The
second problem is the first twenty or thirty minutes, as our cast of
characters is introducted, with each of the individual quirks and
defining characteristics actually told to us by a...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Take a dash of _Trainspotting_'s scuzziness and generous helpings of the
oeuvre of Tarantino, and you've got an extremely derivative film. But
if the film is as entertaining as first-time writer-director Guy
Ritchie's fresh and fun _Lock,_Stock..._--a...more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Gramercy Pictures
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Dexter
Fletcher, P.H. Moriarty, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Steven
Mackintosh, others more |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven
Mackintosh, Vinne Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, Steve Sweeney, Frank
Harper
Director: Guy Ritchie
Screenplay: Guy Ritchie
Australian theatrical release date: November 12, 1998 more |
