Jolly Good

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2008)

A hodgepodge of plot lines comprise this comedy about the low-lifes of London, featuring characters such as "Franky Four Fingers" and "Boris the Blade." Ritchie's followup to "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" is far superior because he has much better script to work with. As with the earlier film, Ritchie goes a little overboard with his hyperactive camera-work, but is not as distracting because of the amusing situations and funny dialog. The running joke is that nobody can understand boxer Pitt's Irish Gypsy accent; ironically, to those outside Britain, it is hard to understand what most of the characters are saying. Thank heavens for subtitles.