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Directed By
Guy Ritchie
Written By:
Guy Ritchie
Cast:
Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, P. H. Moriarty, Steve Sweeney, Frank Harper, Stephen Marcus
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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
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Movie Review by Zara 
August 13th, 2009
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I watched this movie when it was first released on video. It was before I owned a DVD player, if I'm remembering correctly and I was quite pleased with the movie at the time. It seemed as if England had found its British Tarantino equivalent at the best comparison.
However, as I watch the movie again and compile it against the rest of Guy Ritchie's life and career, I have to admit that while the movie is good, its core story - a group of non-criminals who enter into a criminal enterprise on a lark in order to pay off a guy who's unknowingly cheated them - parallels Ritchie's own story.
I like how the movie folds in upon itself, but it seems as if Guy got lucky when writing and making this movie. He hasn't written or directed something as good as this since it came out, perhaps getting people to agree that Madonna might have sidelined his prospective career, but also that he might never have had one from the start.
At some point in everyone's life they get lucky. Most of the time people get caught getting lucky and we believe that's the beginning of their story. For Ritchie, it was. I'm still interested in seeing what he can do with the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie, but I'm not all that certain that we were dealing with a man who was/is talented at his core but merely a reflection of the four non-criminals who get lucky in the movie themselves.
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 | Lisa
Aug 14, 2009 11:11 AM
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| I dunno I think I liked Snatch more, and his take on "The longest yard" was way better than that Adam Sandler crap...but I do feel that he's a bit of a one trick pony. |
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