Rating: Summary: Excellent Film, Horrible Transfer... Review: Every other review is spot on. The movie is a keeper. However, if your running HiDef with a progressive scan DVD player (because your a techno-geek like me) Don't use this disc to show off your system. I had friends over who asked to watch it on my new set-up and it looked terrible.. I was quite embarassed. I still recommend the film, I just wish they could remaster it for better video performance.
Rating: Summary: Good stuff. Review: Funny, witty and English, this is a hilarious movie. You'll watch it over and over and by then get almost all the laughs. Good job Guy.
Rating: Summary: Pardon? Review: LS&2SB is a movie that should be seen by any film addict with Quentin Tarantino in his/her collection. It's a fantastic crime caper that will keep your eyes glued to the screen from start to finish. Its truly an entertaining movie. The only problem is the dialouge. Its hard to understand the actors. If you enjoyed Reservoir Dogs or Snatch, this is a movie you have got to see.
Rating: Summary: a fabulous british comedy Review: i recently saw lock stock and two smoking barrles it was a hilarious and great british comedy but when i say british i do mean british. with some jokes that most americans wont get. but i still found it very amusing worth every star.
Rating: Summary: learn to laugh Review: It took me a good twenty minutes before i realized that i did not understand a word being said; then i went to subtitles, turned on english, kicked back and enjoyed the show. This is one of the most entertaining kick-in-the-head movies i have seen since pulp fiction. the twists and turns keep you glued to the screen, the cinematography keeps reminding you how talented guy ritchie really is, and the characters' dirty british sarcarsm keeps you laughing/smirking throughout. i bought both it and snatch and when i get a dog, i'm naming him turkish. it's a pity ritchie couldn't keep dishing out these movies or else he would have been a legend. oh, and notice the soundtrack because it also rocks.
Rating: Summary: GET READY TO RUMBLE! Review: This is a fine film from the used to be good filmmaker Guy Ritchie [...] The story is absolutely amazing in how in the middle of the film how a card game and two guns connects to every character you see in the movie. It's not many times you get to watch a movie and wonder what is going to happen to every character at the end?
Rating: Summary: I love this movie Review: I was taken off guard when I first saw this movie - it really wasn't what I had expected it would be. Although I'm not really sure what it was I expected from it. I have watched this movie many times over - it and Snatch are two of my favorite movies in my collection.It is a real "guy" movie in that it has random crass humor in it mixed in with fun action. Were this to be attempted with an American cast, it would likely lose much of its entertainment value - the cockney side of it seems to be what really seals the deal.
Rating: Summary: Classic London Gangster Film With Humour Review: What can I say about this film that hasn't already been said? I guess its strengths come from the mood it projects. One of carefree killing and jolly violence. The viewer is left in no doubt that his is fantasy land, so there's no need to moralise over the thefts and killings that take place here. A worthy successor to Get Carter, The Sweeney, and The Long Good Friday, this film draws on elements of all those and adds extras of its own. It even uses several of the Long Good Friday Actors (Dexter Fletcher featured as a boy in the former film, and is one of the four co-stars in this). The film is teeming with cameos, stereotypes, and vignettes, and these only serve to highlight the comedy aspect of this film. Cleverly plotted, its story is more reminiscent of an Ealing Comedy than a gangster film, despite its less gentle tone. The camera work is innovative, seemingly using a lot of hand held and sped up sequences to give an unique look and feel. The film is not overlong, and is thoroughly recommended to anyone who likes a good laugh and doesn't mind a few swear words. The DVD is good, but the lack of extra features (and specifically the lack of a commentary) mean there is no real benefit over the VHS copy unless you want to save shelf space.
Rating: Summary: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Review: This movie was excellent. Guy Richie has a hilarious perspective on the english underground. This movie was great and made me want more (Snatch was just a good, if not better). This movie is highly recommended.
Rating: Summary: EXCELLENT! Review: By jove, this is such an excellent, wicked, brilliant film!! Anyone who accuses Guy Ritchie of promoting violence is a downright .... "Lock, Stock" is an obvious comical parody of typical 1930s Hollywood gangster films, poking fun at violence, gangsters and its standards that you see in James Cagney or Edward G.Robinson films. No, seriously, I highly recommend this film. Not only it is entertaining, but it is rather artistic and brilliant. Guy Ritchie is a promising talent and I look forward to more of his films (better luck next time, Guy, with Swept Away)
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