Probably the least enjoyable movie experience of my life...

Rating: 1/10 (15 March 2001)

This is the film that spawned all the shockingly bad British gangster films of 1999 and 2000 and this is no better than any of it's offspring.
The basic premise of the film is far from original, a group of young criminals make a mess of a job and so on, blah blah blah. The film is billed as being a crime comedy but I don't recall laughing once. The characters are your typical cockneys, aside from the irritating accent, all you hear is various people being referred to as muppets, mugs and slags and then indulging in glorified violence. Nothing wrong with violence, some of my favourite films are heavy on the bloodshed, including "Goodfellas" and "Reservoir Dogs" but this is a dismal attempt to make it seem funny, when it really isn't.
Guy Ritchie, despite the reputation he is building for himself strikes me as being a director of a lot of style but very little substance and I don't care how many people tell me otherwise, VINNIE JONES CANNOT ACT. The same could also be said for the rest of the performers in this appalling, yet well-received film. Avoid at all costs.