Cleverly Funny Crime Caper

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2001)

A bunch of working class blokes attempt an implausibly complex heist to pay their gambling debts. Described as 'Tarantinoesque', "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" works very well as a fast-paced crime caper. Like a Tarantino film, multiple plot threads intertwine and finally reach a cataclysmic denouement at the end of the movie. The only complaint I had, as an American, is that the English accents were sometimes unintelligible to my ear. But that is a minor issue, and this movie is definitely worth a rental.