Rating of
3/4
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/28/11
Bacon (Jason Statham), Soap (Dexter Fletcher), Tom (Jason Flemyng), and Eddy (Nick Moran) put together £100,000 so that Eddy, a genius at cards, can use the money to pay the entree fee into one Harry "The Hatchet" Lonsdale's (P. H. Moriarty). Eddy looses and now owes half a million to Harry. A gang of thieves led Dog strategizes a heist on some marijuana growers supposedly loaded with cash and drugs. Tom acquires a pair of antique shotguns from an underground dealer, known as Nick "the Greek" (Stephen Marcus), who also strikes a deal with Rory Breaker. Rory Breaker (Vas Blackwood) realized that the drugs he was going to purchase were stolen.
Had a truckload of characters and plot was a bit confusing because of the figures popping-up back and forth. Soap’s character and dialogues about him was a riot. Soundtrack was wonderful which fit the mood and editing was superb. Screenplay was sometimes funny if only the structure of the storytelling was smoother. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a decent heist film filled with colorful characters but lacks the foundation of a good crime film.
