Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Vinnie JonesBig Chris
- Jason FlemyngTom
- Dexter FletcherSoap
- Nick MoranEddy
- Jason StathamBacon
- Steven MackintoshWinston
- Nicholas RoweJ
- Nick MarcqCharles
- Charles ForbesWillie
- Lenny McLeanBarry the Baptist
Recommendations
- 90
Rolling Stone
A dynamite bundle from British writer-director Guy Ritchie. Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high. - 80
Film Threat
Lock is filled with great writing, great acting, colorful characters, and a tight story. I actually like this film more than "Pulp Fiction". - 80
New Times (L.A.)
Ritchie's showmanship--half macho braggadocio, half emotion-tinged bravura--slaps and tickles the viewer into submission. He takes a group of not-so-goodfellas, whose idea of fun is setting farts afire, and, against all odds, makes them lively and engaging. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Ritchie appears to have been paying attention to what made "Reservoir Dogs" (a huge hit in the UK) work, rather than coming away convinced that the formula for success begins and ends with pop-culture allusions and scarcely digested "homages" to classic crime films. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
If the dialect is hard to comprehend, that soon becomes part of the joke. It's unlikely that even the British audiences who made Lock, Stock a big hit got it all. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Plenty of fun, less for its many plot twists than for its large and varied assortment of vibrant characters. [12 Mar 1999] - 70
Variety
Though Ritchie’s screenplay scores a 10 for sheer complexity and cleverness, it rates much lower down the scale for comprehensibility and audience involvement. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The film's lures, while undeniable, are synthetic, and we never do learn what fuels all the greed besides pints of beer.
