Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Steven Mackintosh, Sting, and also Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham in their feature film debuts.
The story is a heist involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three-card brag. To pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Cast[]
- Nick Moran as Eddie
- Jason Flemyng as Tom
- Dexter Fletcher as Soap
- Jason Statham as Bacon
- Steven Mackintosh as Winston
- Vinnie Jones as Big Chris
- Peter McNicholl as Little Chris
- Nicholas Rowe as J
- Lenny McLean as Barry "the Baptist"
- P. H. Moriarty as "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale
- Frank Harper as Dog
- Sting as JD
- Huggy Leaver as Paul
- Stephen Marcus as Nick "the Greek"
- Vas Blackwood as Rory Breaker
- Vera Day as Tanya
- Alan Ford as Alan
- Danny John-Jules as Barfly Jack
- Victor McGuire as Gary
- Jake Abraham as Dean
- Rob Brydon as the traffic warden
- Steve Collins as boxing gym bouncer
- Steve Sweeney as Plank
Quotes[]
Tom: There's no money, there's no weed. It's all been replaced by a pile of corpses.
Rory Breaker: If you hold back anything, I'll kill ya. If you bend the truth, or I think you're bending the truth, I'll kill ya. If you forget anything, I'll kill ya. In fact, you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive Nick. Now, do you understand everything I've just said? Cause' if you don't, I'll kill ya! Now, Mr. Bubble and Squeak, you may enlighten me.
Bacon: What's that?
Samoan Joe's Barman: It's a cocktail. You asked for a cocktail.
Bacon: No. I asked for a refreshing drink! I didn't expect a f***ing rainforest? I could fall in love with an orangutan in that! Bring me a pint.
Samoan Joe's Barman: You want a pint, you go to the pub.
Bacon: This is a pub!
Samoan Joes Barman: It's a Samoan pub.
Similar Films[]
- Snatch