A very mixed bag

Rating: 7/10 (14 September 2000)

Having liked Lock, Stock... a lot, I came to this with plenty of expectations and received very few surprises. It does all of the same things as Guy Ritchies first hit - some of them better and some worse. The plotting was if anything even tighter, the script funny in parts but far too much of a retread to produce much in the way of real laughs. Brad Pitt was excellent and featured in practically every memorable scene in the film, which came as something of a surprise to me. The greatest disappointment for me, though, was the selection of music for the soundtrack which was decidedly lacklustre - even moreso in comparison with the truly excellent soundtrack which accompanied Lock, Stock...