WAY WAY TOO OVERRATED!!!

Rating: 4/10 (6 December 1999)

After all the praise it had been given, I expected "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" to be at the very least, entertaining. I'm not too pleased to say that it failed miserably at achieving even that.
First off, the film is so overstyled I'm surprised that the cinematographer put his name on the credits. The acting is atrocious, particularly by Nick Moran and Val Blackwood. (Blackwood's over-acting is the only thing that made me laugh.) Vinnie Jones is decently cast, but is given the idiotic role of a hitman who carries around his 12 year old son to "teach him the ropes."
The script is a mixture of robbery cliches, and Guy Ritchie displays minimal talent as a writer/director. Jason Flemying has the only watchable performance in the film as Tom. The soundtrack is good, but here's a tip Guy, a good soundtrack doesn't make a good movie. The film tries to overload itself with attitude but falls horribly flat. Was this supposed to be a comedy or a comedy of cinematic errors?