Very Cruel, very funney, very good!!

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2001)

All hail Guy Richie for this inventive, comical and original gangster movie that reinvented the British Gangster genre. Lock Stock tells the story of how a group of east end lads overcome the local mobs through a series of astonishing and humorous coincidences. Never before has a mix of witty black comedy, humorous and intelligent scripting gone so well together in a British Gangster movie. Guy Richie puts all the best elements of a good crime thriller together to create the perfect blend of fast paced witty action comedy. Clever stylish editing speeds the narrative along at a perfect pace, the east end backdrop provides a gritty aesthetic authenticity and a snappy script with witty one liners provides the perfect comedy appeal together with the at times cartoonish . Guy Richie indelibly makes his mark in the British film industry and in the US as a young and very talented director and writer. The follow up "Snatch" proves that he has the talent to pull in the big names like Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro but he will do well to prove his versatility as a writer and director with a film that steers away from the gangster genre for a while to avoid type casting.