A wonderful story of friendship and dishonor among thieves

Rating: 9/10 (27 November 2007)

Fantastic Brit mob movie about 4 childhood friends (Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran and Jason Statham in his break out role) who try to make it big time by playing cards but end up getting played by a loan shark called 'Hatchet' Harry Lonsdale (P.H. Moriarty) instead. 500,000 in the hole with their limbs, lives and a family bar on the line they resort to pulling off a theft from the thugs next door. The web gets even more tangled when they unknowingly try to sell mass amounts of Cannabis back to the very person it is stolen from and in the process get their hands on a couple of antique shot guns that Hatchet Harry wants. All in all it is a great film with twist and fantastic acting. Leave it to Guy Ritchie to bring out the seedy side of London and make you long for more. Keep your eye out for Sting who makes an appearance and Vinnie Jones in his first role.