Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Movie, 1998, The '90s, Set in London's East End
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is #1 of 18 in release order and #1 of 18 in chronological order in the Guy Ritchie.
The story
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels recap
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) follows four London friends who owe a porn king £500,000 after a rigged card game and plan to rob their neighbours. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie, this is his first feature. Card sharp Eddie (Nick Moran) loses the pooled stake of himself, Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher) and Bacon (Jason Statham) to "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale (P.H. Moriarty), who wants the bar owned by Eddie's father JD (Sting) and sends debt collector Big Chris (Vinnie Jones). Eddie overhears his neighbours, a crew led by Dog (Frank Harper), planning to rob a cannabis farm run by posh students, and the friends decide to ambush the robbers afterwards. Meanwhile two Scouse thieves steal a pair of antique shotguns for Harry and sell them to the fence Nick the Greek, who passes them to Tom. The stolen cannabis belongs to the gangster Rory Breaker (Vas Blackwood), and every party converges on Eddie's flat.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ending explained
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ends with the friends broke but free and Tom about to drop a fortune into the Thames. A shootout in the flat kills Rory's and Dog's gangs, Harry and his enforcer Barry die in a shootout with the thieves, and Big Chris keeps the cash. The police release the four because the only witness identifies Dog's crew. Chris returns their empty bag, holding an auction catalogue that shows the shotguns are worth a fortune, and the last shot freezes on Tom leaning over Battersea Bridge with his phone ringing in his mouth. A spin-off series, Lock, Stock..., ran for seven episodes in 2000.
Post-credits scenes
No. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has no mid- or post-credits scene; the story stops on the freeze-frame before the credits.
Where to watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%
Where it fits
Cast
- Vinnie Jones as Big Chris
- Jason Flemyng as Tom
- Dexter Fletcher as Soap
- Nick Moran as Eddy
- Jason Statham as Bacon
- Steven Mackintosh as Winston
- Nicholas Rowe as J
- Nick Marcq as Charles
- Charles Forbes as Willie
- Lenny McLean as Barry the Baptist
- Peter McNicholl as Little Chris
- P.H. Moriarty as 'Hatchet' Harry Lonsdale
Directed by Guy Ritchie.