Stylish, hilarious, terrific

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2006)

Turkish and Tommy promote unlicensed boxing for a ruthless mobster. Mickey wants to buy his mum a caravan. Franky is on his way to New York, via London, to deliver a huge stolen diamond. These stories then progress and intersect in interesting and funny ways and contain a large assortment of interesting and funny characters.
Obviously influenced by 'Pulp Fiction' but this is a brilliant and original film in its own right. Featuring a terrific cast of many known and not so known actors all creating a character that you will remember and be able to quote by the time the movie ends. That makes repeated viewings all the more fun. Also featuring a clever screenplay and a stylish and very creative direction from Guy Ritchie. Far, far surpassing his feature debut - 'Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels' - in almost every way imaginable. Here the deliciously absurd tone and painfully funny dark humor is spread throughout the entire film, which is where 'Lock, Stock' was thrown off balance. It tried to combine humorous elements with scenes that were just plain old grim.
Guy Ritchie fixed that here and that makes for what just might be the best crime/comedy since the original 'Italian Job.' 10/10
Rated R for brutal violence and considerable profanity