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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Comedy · Crime · 1998
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Movie details
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
“A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.”
1998 Comedy · Crime 1h 45m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
8.1 / 10
Community rating
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Guy Ritchie
Written by
Guy Ritchie
Vinnie Jones
Big Chris
Jason Flemyng
Tom
Dexter Fletcher
Soap
Nick Moran
Eddy
Jason Statham
Bacon
Steven Mackintosh
Winston
Nicholas Rowe
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Put Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.