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View Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels film page
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Spoiler-free premise

Four friends owe gangster Hatchet Harry after a rigged card game and plan to rob criminals operating next door.

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Card player Eddy enters a high-stakes game backed by friends Bacon, Soap, and Tom but leaves owing Hatchet Harry half a million pounds. Learning that neighboring robbers plan to steal from cannabis growers, the friends decide to intercept the proceeds.

Why it belongs

Through Cockney voices, crosscut schemes, freeze-frames, music, and an exquisitely timed pileup of consequences, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels makes overlapping incompetence propulsive.

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Card tables, antique guns, thin walls, bags of cash, on-screen introductions, speed changes, and converging crews keep the maze legible—the comedy comes from every group understanding only its portion of the plan.

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No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.

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Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250170AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness8.3
Engagement8.7
Ease8.5

English · R
Narrative Feature
Mood: Funny & Lively