After the run away success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, there was no stopping Guy Ritchie when he decided his second film would be of a similar ilk but with a bigger budget and a well renowned cast. It cleverly interweaves two separate plots about a diamond heist and a small-time boxing promoter all set against the grimy underworld of London.
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| Turkish (Jason Statham) with boxer Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt) |
Whilst a purchase of diamonds by Doug 'The Head' (Mike Reid) from Franky 'Four Fingers' (Benicio Del Toro) but as the diamonds are already stolen from a bank in Antwerp, there is a lot of double-crossing as many people want the diamonds and money for themselves.
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| Brick Top (Alan Ford) |
Ritchie clearly feels most comfortable in dealing with movies that deal with shady underworld deals and people looking at the films he's been involved in. Although none of his more recent works live up to this or Lock, Stock.
Brad Pitt is excellent as the incomprehensible Irish traveller Mickey whilst Alan Ford is also darkly funny as the opinionated and ruthless crime boss Brick Top. But these are only two names out of many who put in impressive acting performances. It's certainly not a film that is to everyone's taste, Sir Richard Attenborough called it ''crap'' but it's Britain's answer to the Tarantino films.
3.5/4 harsh yet funny film achieves cult status
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