Eddy and pals raise enough money to put Eddy at the card table opposite crime boss Hatchet Harry. Unfortunately, the whole plan backfires leaving Eddy owing Harry £500,000, payable within the week. Harry hopes to acquire the bar run Eddy's father. To raise the cash, Eddy sets out to steal from a marijuana business run by Winston.
If only it could have resisted revelry in its own style and violence, it might have been one 1999's best films, due to its performances and clever plot twists.
CNN.com
January 01, 2000
Go see it if you're in the mood. You're bound to get a chuckle, but don't expect too much.
Though Ritchie isn't the most accomplished filmmaker, his artistic use of freeze-frames, slow motion and other camera trickery proves he is a precocious talent to be reckoned with in the future.
What his other movies have done summarily or languidly, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels does with some clear novice stumbles. It's creative and very clever. It's just not a classic.
