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Summary: Oi! Don' you miss this 'un mate!
Review: Brilliant. Simply and completely a well thought out and well conceived film. In the day and age of the big-budget shoot-em-up, or the film of actual quality that lasts for seven and a half days - Lock, Stock sets itself apart by miles and miles. The cast - largely unknown in the US really is impeccable. In a leather jacket, witty dialogue, guns, drugs and thugs film, it is really easy to fall into a cliche when creating characters, but Guy Ritchie tapdances all about the line and never trips once. In a film this short it really is amazing how so many characters can be fleshed out so fully and so many plotlines interwoven. The music is fantastic and Ritchie's background in video direction is evident in the most stylish of shots, even when the camera is stationary. Though you may recognize Sting in this film, it really is the main four (Ed, Bacon - personal favorite, Soap (the amazing Dexter Fletcher) and Tom) who drive this unusual and clever film to it's excruciatingly clever ending. 80's film buffs will recognize a cameo from the one and only "Young Sherlock Holmes," who has apparently put down the cocaine and violin and opted for a joint and an air rifle. Folks, you miss this one - you miss out. Period.
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Summary: Schlock film stock and too many awful actors!
Review: I wanted so much to like this film. I really did. I had heard great things about it from people with great taste, but as I watched, I developed a sour taste in my mouth, one that couldn't be removed by chewing gum. It looks great, the cinematography is stark and brilliant, the camerawork marvellous, the editing superb, but the plot is pure hokum. A load of old dross involving guns, gangsters, and a pair of idiots so inept they wouldn't make it into "Police Academy 23: Lost In London". The dialogue, too, attempts to have the calm, collected cool of the best Tarantino, but instead all we're given is corny filth like "If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kind of pussy to drink it". Whereas Tarantino was a brilliant writer, with depth and characterization, this is a poorly constructed shelf-for-jokes that does nothing to breathe life into the gangster thriller. On top of all this, it features some of the worst acting I have ever seen outside of a school play. While the casting is interesting, Vinnie Jones is tiresome as a "cleaner", Sting is nonsense as a barman, while Nick Moran, supposedly the lead, just warbles and looks nervous in front of a camera. A good gangster thriller demands a strong lead, in my opinion, as opposed to someone who looks like a bank manager. To top all this, there is no attention to location. This looks and sounds nothing like East London whatsoever, looking instead like a poorly constructed, wobbly film set (despite the fact that it was, in fact, filmed in East London!), also featuring stereotypical Cockney clichés. This is poor gangster soap opera, possibly one of the most ludicrously over-hyped things I have ever seen. I weep at the fact that Channel 4 have commissioned a TV series based on this film, and believe that the director should have stuck to adverts and music videos (to which this film obviously owes a great deal).
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Summary: The Best Film Ever!
Review: I rented LS&2SB on a weekend and ended up seeing the movie five times in a row. I got so hooked with the movie that I bought the soundtrack and I bought the video. Now I can see it anytime I want. The movie is brilliant, there's no other movie that compare to this. The cast couldn't be better, the music is the best part of the movie. My favorite part of the film? When Eddie loses the card game with Hatchet Harry, just love the direction in that, watch his face when he loses, its brilliant. The best film ever!
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Summary: coolest flick in years
Review: this probably the coolest flick i've seen in a while.the acting was great and they had great action sequences without going overboard."rory breaker" is one crazy mutha.
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Summary: A must have
Review: This is one of the top movies of the 1990's, along with Pulp Fiction, Run Lola Run and a few others. Many major players in the industry looked right over this movie because they were jealous that a new guy could make such a great movie. A must have
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Summary: One of the best i've seen in a long time
Review: When you go to a rental store, and there's only two copies of a video, one gets the impression that the movie isn't worth the reduced-five evening-rental price. However, after the first five minutes, I was rolling on the floor laughing. The best quality of this movie is the way the view never gets tired of the plot. A must see!
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Summary: Wickedly dark humour that is very very funny.
Review: For me this is a film of narrative content at a time when many films seem to rely solely on their special effects and action. As an independent film Lock,Stock could not afford to show-off big explosions or burn entire buildings down, instead we have twisting narrative that owes something to that classic The Sting. The script is great with one speech containing so much Cockney-Rhyming-Slang that we have subtitles to tell us what Danny John-Jules is really saying. I must say that I was gripped by this from the first frame to the last ring of Bacon's mobile, it is the best directorial debut for a very long time. With some excellent camera work, most notably during and after the poker game.This film has it all, watch it you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKEN BARRALS OF LAUGHS
Review: This movie the the British GodFather or should at least be. What I really liked about this movie is how all the characters collied at one place and they don't even know who these the other people and they are all looking for the four guys who started the whole mess. It has twists and turns and it gets better as the movies gets on its way. The music soudtrack is the best i have heard. Soap, Bacon, Ed, and Tom never gets a scratch but all these bad guys and drug dealers pay with there lives because of bad timeing and miscomuniaction. Funny movie may not be good for childeren under 19.
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Summary: overated
Review: I found this movie to be overated and contrived. It seemed to be trying really hard to be cool and ended up falling on its face. The violence wasnt funny apart from the stoned chick with the big machine gun. None of the characters were developed enough - If you're unfamiliar with the London accents and slang you may find this a great novelty if not the acting comes across as stereotypical and staid - sorry guys! Having said all this my flatmate reckons its one of the best movies ever made - oh well!
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Summary: One of the funniest, most original movies to come out!
Review: After all of the hyped Tarantino wannabe films of the early 90's, I was more than a little reluctant to see this film, because I was told that it followed that mold. However, I was pleasantly surprised and excited about this Brit gem that I feel is far superior than 'Pulp Fiction' or any of those other movies. Perhaps because it takes place in England, and it contains a lot of words and things that I have never heard before, but I just love this film to death. The story of four friends who find themselves heavily in debt after one of them loses big money to a local gangster, hilarity ensues as they figure out a way to get the money by the end of the week. Throw in two ancient shotguns, a bunch of clueless druggies, a few more badass gangsters and a huge case of mistaken identity, and you get one of the freshest films to be released in America for a long time. Everything is perfect--the cast, the plot, the characters. I was laughing so hard, tears were rolling down my face. If you haven't seen this film yet, you must. It is so funny, you'll want to watch it over and over again.
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