Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (Shotgun Special Edition)
Production Year: 1998 - Action/Adventure - Director: Guy Ritchie - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Vinnie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Sting, Jason Flemyng
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... more
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an East End tough, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely eccentric characters and several storylines, all of them coming together in a gleeful explosion of murder and mayhem. When streetwise charmer Eddy (Nick Moran), the son of steely bar owner JD (Sting), botches a gambling scheme with his dad's nemesis, porn king Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty), he's got one week to come up with 500,000 pounds or he loses his fingers--and so do his friends Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). While the pals scheme to make the money, Harry indulges his penchant for valuable antique shot guns, stolen for him by a couple of inept burglars. Soon the missing guns, a paranoid group of marajuana growers, a mean-spirited debt collector (Vinnie Jones) and his young son, and a violent bunch of thugs, are all thrown together in this tightly-woven, genuinely funny story that takes its inspiration from old British comic gangster flicks like THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and more recent films like RESERVOIR DOGS and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.n
Advantages: The cockney slag, comedy, action, actors, Disadvantages: None
If you haven't seen this film, then where have you been? What else have you been watching that could possibly keep you away from this film? A film that was sent first class from the streets of London. Actors who seemed destined to play the characters. As seen by Vinnie Jones whos character is based on the notorious Mr David Courtney. Once you've seen this film once is not enough. You will find yourself quoting lines and exploring the special features. ... ...you on the edge of your seat as the action kicks in, but you still find yourself waiting for their plans to go belly up. I don't wish to give the plot away but I will say it may make you think twise before taking part in a poker game. So sit back and enjoy. ...
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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (Shotgun Special Edition)
Main specs
Actor(s): Vinnie Jones, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Sting, Jason Flemyng
Director(s): Guy Ritchie
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1998
Running Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 19/09/2005
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: 8237539
Barcode: 5050582375398
Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
Languages
Main Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Special Features: Lock Stock And Two Fxxking Barrels Featurette, Five Smoking Featurettes Beginning Shooting Cutting Marketing Done And Dusted, One Smoking Camera Featurette, Interactive London Location Map, Poker Game
Sound: DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DVD Description
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. In his debut feature film, director-writer Guy Ritchie weaves a tangled web of shady, blithely eccentric characters and several storylines, all of them coming together in a gleeful explosion of murder and mayhem. When streetwise charmer Eddy (Nick Moran), the son of steely bar owner JD (Sting), botches a gambling scheme with his dad's nemesis, porn king Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty), he's got one week to come up with 500,000 pounds or he loses his fingers and so do his friends Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). While the pals scheme to make the money, Harry indulges his penchant for valuable antique shot guns, stolen for him by a couple of inept burglars. Soon the missing guns, a paranoid group of marajuana growers, a mean-spirited debt collector (Vinnie Jones) and his young son, and a violent bunch of thugs, are all thrown together in this tightly-woven, genuinely funny story that takes its inspiration from old British comic gangster flicks like THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and more recent films like RESERVOIR DOGS and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
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