The dialogue will make you work, but it's worth it

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2015)

"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" has that kinetic style that comes from making music videos - but it's not nearly as empty as that sounds, what with all of the sub-plots going on here. This is a dingy underworld populated with a wide array of colorful characters - all sleazy, but thoroughly entertaining, be they nasty muscle men or rank amateurs. And it's a movie that rife with personality; great lines, a soundtrack mixing '70s soul with '90s rock, and even the violence has a sense of humor. And then, outta nowhere, there's Sting as a disapproving bartender.
It's a gas.
7/10