Thursday, February 21, 2008

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Although I enjoyed the follow-up to Lock, Stock more, this film is interesting to note for a few reasons. Where the directors next film stands as a slickly produced film that could've come from anywhere, this is wholly amateur stuff. 

The film stock is cheap, the actors are largely unknown and the locations are real. The film is made on a budget and tries hard to get away with a lot. Most of the time it is successful, managing to weave several stories into one with an incredible pay-off at the end.
Its smart, funny and well worth it.

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