Unbelievable!!!

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2001)

In 40 years of being obsessed with movies I have NEVER been this obsessed with what I believe to be a premier masterpiece of modern cinema. Save your comparisons to Pulp Fiction, et.al. There is no comparison. Period. Guy Ritchie has delivered a fun, intriguing, and very complex tale filled with some of the most hilarious "cartoon" characters in recent memory. Mobsters, bookies, boxing promoters, gypsies, ex-KGB agents, diamond thieves, pawn brokers, a 400lb. "getaway" driver, corpse eating pigs, and "the" dog...did that about cover it? No morality play or modern day issues here, just jaw dropping hysteria. I've seen it 20 times and it just keeps getting better. The critics can go to hell. And if you didnt like this movie you havent seen it "enough". If it didnt make sense, go back and watch it a second and third time. And rather than trying to compare this work with Tarantino, etc. take some time to contrast the characters at work here. The mad logic of the "unhinged" Bricktop played by Alan Ford vs. the subtle cool of Turkish, played brilliantly by Jason Stratham, a former real life street con(see opening scene in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"). The ruthless machinations of Boris the Blade vs. Bullet Tooth Tony's cold blooded efficiency. And of course Brad Pitt as the leader of a pack of roving gypsies is the highlight of the film. His manipulations supported by a charming but unintelligible Cockney rhyming sing-song delivery, and backed up with his fists make this a delightful rocket ride through London's dark underbelly. 10/10