Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie.

The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag. In order to pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

The film brought Guy Ritchie international acclaim and introduced actors Vinnie Jones, a former Welsh international footballer, and Jason Statham to worldwide audiences.

A television series, Lock, Stock…, followed in 2000.

Original release date: 1998