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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels movie poster

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Comedy Crime Action
Rated R
105 min.
Release Date
March 5, 1999
DVD Release Date
October 3, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Guy Ritchie
Writer
Guy Ritchie
Cast
Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty, Steve Sweeney, Frank Harper, Stephen Marcus, Peter McNicholl, Vas Blackwood, Jake Abraham, Stephen Callender-Ferrier, Suzy Ratner, Laura Bailey, Danny John-Jules, Bal Jusar, Nicholas Rowe
Running Time
105 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content

Best mates Eddie (Nick Moran), Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher) are cocks-of-the-walk in and around the East End. And why not? They're virile, handsome lads who can hold their own. With this lot, it's all for one and more for all. So, everyone stakes Eddie, a sharp cardshark, for the biggest card game in town. Eddie can't lose ... until he does: the game is a setup. Fleeced, Eddie finds... Full synopsis »

MOVIE REVIEW

I don't watch many foreign films, but the ones I do see usually turn out pretty good (they have to be, or they don't make it to the big theaters in the U.S.). Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is no different, except that it teeters on the edge of not being that great. Luckily, it falls to the right side. Full movie review »
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