Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

This quirky crime thriller frm Guy Ritchie tells the story of four London pals who get mixed up in a whirlwind of shady characters and violent behaviour. Eddy is a card counter. He's very good at it, so him and his three pals decide to make a little money from it. They all pitch in 25 000 pounds, and in a very unfair turn of events, Eddy ends up losing it all. Now the kinda people you play poker with at 100 000 pounds are not the kind of people you want to not pay, so the boys find opportunity to profit from stealing stolen drugs, which in turn involves them with more dangerous characters. Very obviously the first of its kind, with the typical Guy Ritchie style of multiple sets of characters and events all winding together in the very end, it sets a standard for storytelling in cinema. The cast, comprised mainly of unheard of thick accented British actors, but also with some well-known stars like Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, and Jason Flemyng, all deliver impeccable performances as the various types of criminals running the city, from the high level boss man, to the loyal and reliable errand man, to the brainless goons that do whatever is asked of them. This high-octane thriller will have you laughing and then shake you to your core as you witness the merciless world of thieves, drug lords, and unforgiving hitmen.