Overview
A chaotic heist leads to unexpected twists and turns in the criminal underworld.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- witty
- grimy
- cult movie night
- crime film marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film grimy, exuberant, and funny, praising its lively British crime-comedy energy while noting its slapdash qualities.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Eddy's gambling debt, the neighbours' robbery, the drug growers' operation, and the missing shotguns converge into one increasingly tangled plot.
The film's East End settings, brisk cutting, heightened criminal action, and deliberately rough-edged atmosphere establish a distinctive kinetic style.
The four friends' swagger, reckless schemes, and encounters with hard men turn gambling and robbery into a darkly comic farce.
The plot is rooted in East End slang, criminal subcultures, local pubs, drug growers, and a hierarchy of violent debt collectors.
Films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and why
Snatch
Shares a fast-talking crime comedy style, interlocking criminal schemes, stylized violence, and irreverent London underworld energy.
The Long Good Friday
Shares British gangster comedy, crooked schemes, working-class criminal protagonists, and a grimy blackly comic tone.
Layer Cake
Shares nonlinear-feeling ensemble crime plotting, escalating misunderstandings, dark humor, and flamboyant criminal archetypes.
Pulp Fiction
Shares Tarantino-influenced crime-comedy rhythms, criminal misadventure, sharp dialogue, and multiple intersecting schemes.
Movie Details
- Director
- Guy Ritchie
- Release Date
- 1998-08-28
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 (7425)
Cast
- Vinnie Jones
- Jason Flemyng
- Dexter Fletcher
- Nick Moran
- Jason Statham
- Steven Mackintosh
- Nicholas Rowe
- Nick Marcq
- Charles Forbes
- Lenny McLean
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels about?
- Four London hustlers gamble their way into a lethal debt and improvise an increasingly chaotic plan to outsmart rival criminals.
- What is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as moderate.
- What did critics think of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
- Critics generally found the film grimy, exuberant, and funny, praising its lively British crime-comedy energy while noting its slapdash qualities.
- Which films are like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
- Films with a similar feel include Snatch, The Long Good Friday, Layer Cake, and Pulp Fiction.
- How long is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
- In United States, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
