The Steven Spielberg produced Sherlock Holmes movie from the 80's is pretty solid too. It's almost like a cross between a detective story, a fantasy, and an unofficial Indiana Jones movie. It's called "Young Sherlock Holmes." The BBC series called "Sherlock" with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is pretty awesome.
This is a great British Gangster film, Jen, I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much. For another like this I recommend, 'Love, Honour and Obey' it's not as well known but it's good none the less. As for Guy Richie films, one which I think you'd really like one and it is sort of related to Austin Powers, as I mentioned in a previous reaction, one of the references in Austin Powers was from the '60s TV spy series 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' well, Guy Richie did a film based on it from 2015, starring amongst others Henry Cavill, I suggest that you watch a few episodes of the original series before you react to it as it will acquaint you with the characters, you can view these episodes if you search under the title 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' or 'The Man from Uncle'.
Unexpected surprise. Lenny McLean is the greatest thing about this movie. He plays Barry the Baptist. He was a real life bare knuckle boxer and local hardman. He ad libbed a majority of his dialogue and Guy Richie just let him go off. Who he is in this film is almost exactly the way he liked to act in real life. Apparently he was an absolute sweetheart on set. He liked to hold court and everyone would crowd around and listen to his stories. It's a shame he's gone. He had a big personality.
@@riffgroove he did lose once and he claims it wasn't a loss but it looks like was. I can't remember who it was against but he has a legit loss that he doesn't acknowledge. And if you bring it up he would argue it vehemently. Which is so Lenny.
@@riffgroove Love Canadians. You got Bret Hart and Devon Townsend, my two favourite humans on the planet. You're a lucky duck! I Only got to share the same space at their live shows in Australia. Their Live in Melbourne: No Sleep Till Bedtime show is one of the the greatest live performances ever recorded so they hold a special place in Australia because of that album. Rock on, man! 🤘
Another Guy Richie movie you definitely should watch is RocknRolla starring Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Thandiwe Newton and Mark Strong. It is amazing!
Love this movie. I think this was the one that put Jason Statham on the map. Also, that bartender who kinda looked like Sting? That was him. Great little cameo there.
Hi Jen. The guy who plays Barry the Baptist was Lenny McLean. A legendary bare knuckle and unlicensed boxer in Britain. You should definitely look into his life story. He sadly died shortly after this movie was filmed.
I did have a great time Jen! Watch ‘The Gentleman’ with us next, it feels like the older and more refined brother of ‘Lock Stock’. BTW great reaction as per usual, always glad to see one’s of my favourite movies featured… and the fade on the ending/ your fade reaction on the ending swearing PRICELESS 😂
Fun fact: the actor who played Tom, Jason Flemyng, was hired to appear in another film soon after this finished. The final scene was re-shot (I believe because it didn't test well with focus group audiences) months after initial production had wrapped. In the intervening time, the Flemyng had let his hair grow out for the subsequent role. To preserve continuity, he wore the watch cap/stocking cap in order to conceal his longer hair.
Jen, yes there are other good Guy Ritchie movies to watch. RockNRolla is the third in his series of British gangster movies, and my favorite movie of all time. Please Please Please watch it soon. Thanks. Love ya.
Not a big crime movie fan but I've heard the British based crime films to see include "Layer Cake" (2004); "RocknRolla" (2008); "The Bank Job" (2008) and of course, "The Italian Job" (1969) Michael Caine original. For a weird less serious crime caper offshoot there's "St Trinians" (2007). Always enjoyable to watch you react Jen, better than watching the actual movie in many cases!
Was watching something else, but I paused and came straight here as soon I noticed this absolute Classic. You Rock, Jen. 🤘 Cheers and Happy Weekend from the East Coast. 🥃👍✌❤
Vinnie Jones, who played Big Chris was a professional soccer player who had never acted before this film. It gave him a long running career as a 'heavy' in British films which is still going.
'That guy' (and his son) is Vinnie Jones, a very famous footballer from the 80's and 90's. He was known for being a particularly aggressive defensive player, so his shift from football 'heavy' to film 'heavy' was an easy one.
While Guy Ritchie has made a few crime movies since Snatch, only 2019’s The Gentlemen starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam and Hugh Grant lives up to the genius of his first two films.
Once you get into the rhythm of the accent, it's by far the best Guy Ritchie movie. Best soundtrack, most fun, pacing, most interesting characters, etc.
The actor playing the traffic cop is Rob Brydon...a stand-up comedian better known as the compere of the UK show "8 of 10 Cats Does Countdown" and funny TV series The Trip...with Steve Coogan.
A bit of trivia is the guy who played Barry the Baptist. He was a long-time undefeated bare-knuckle boxing champion of Britain (and these are "unlicensed" and illegal matches, where anything goes). He was BRUTAL. He was quite a huge guy (6'4" and 300 lbs). Guy Richie was fascinated with the English "underworld," and so he hired this guy on that basis. He died of cancer right after the movie came out, at age 49.
My old man once got in an argument with a bloke over the road and hit him with his car door like Vinny Jones did in the movie. Police were called and neighbours out in their gardens said they never saw anything! One of my proudest moments of Pa.
He also directed 'Sunshine On Leith' (2013) the British musical love story/drama based on songs by Scottish band The Proclaimers. A tiny, tiny scene from the movie was filmed at a restaurant I used to work at (Wee Lochan), the film crew were there for one whole day and the scene in the film is onscreen for less than 2 seconds. 🙄😅
I love how the ending of this movie kind of parallels the ending of The Italian Job. They both fade out with you not sure if the hugely valuable stolen goods will fall and be lost forever, or if they'll manage to keep that from happening and make a fortune.
I love what Guy Ritchie did with "King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword," but some folks didn't like it as much but the movie is very him. There is one movie you might love because it deals with heists (I know, right...) called "Layer Cake," it's not Guy Ritchie but but definitely directed in his style, and the cast is amazing including Daniel Craig just before he was Bond, James Bond. It's right up your alley. Great reaction as usual. Every time you schmoke, I schmoke, so please do more. 🙂
Excellent reaction as always. You might want to check out The Gentlemen from 2019, Ritchies most recent effort in the crime comedy genre, featuring an all star cast.
Jen’s English (London in this case) accent is remarkably good. Most North Americans’ attempt at any of the many English accents come out sounding Australian.
Epic. Timeless. So many iconic lines. Vinny Jones popped up in so many films after his debut here. And this is the best closing track in cinema history (Stone Roses - Fools Gold)
This is my favourite between this and Snatch. This one is just so linked into my teen years. One of the first CDs I bought was the soundtrack. I still quote the film, and my band plays two of the songs from the soundtrack. It's so good! So glad to see you're enjoying it. 😎👍
This movie was my introduction to Guy Ritchie. A friend recommended it to me when we were talking about an Irish movie, The Commitments (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED). I love Richie's style. He's made quite a few good movies, although this and Snatch are my favorite. Watching your reaction to this was really fun. Or maybe it was when you said, "If they smoke in a movie, then I gotta smoke". I agreed completely at once.
when I gonna do next time something criminal, I will definitely recruit Jen - she can keep her stomach and head cool! You should really watch "Clue" made in 1985 sometimes great crime comedy
Jen! It may not get as many views as your top videos, but I am a HUGE fan of Guy Ritchie’s “Rocknrolla” (and I don’t think im alone). I’m certain you have a long list of movies to get through, but I think you’d really like it. Surprisingly few reactions to it on YT. Any one out there agree? Love that movie…
Glad you enjoyed it. and yes, it was Sting. The man is awesome. Fun fact: Vinnie Jones, who plays Big Chris, was actually a neighbour of mine when he played football (soccer) for Wimbledon FC. Such a great guy. You have to check out RocknRolla, Revolver, The Gentlemen Man from U.N.C.L.E. and even Aladdin with Will Smith (yes that was Guy Ritchie). Avoid Swept Away.
In real life "Barry the Baptiste" was Lenny McCrae, AKA the G'vnor. He is London's most famous unlicenced boxing champion and the head of "security" in Leicester Square. He died just before the film came out. A bona fidi gangland fellow.
EASILY one of my favorite movies of all time! It is perfect from start to finish with incredible acting. Snatch is still my favorite though. Super excited for the Guy Ritchie Sherlock, I loved that one too with Guy's style.
If you are looking for a great British crime movie you should check out Layer Cake. While not by Guy Ritchie it is directed by Matthew Vaughn the producer of Lock stock and Snatch and is probably the reason Daniel Craig got the Bond gig
The pub with the dancer, was The Admiral Nelson, right behind an office i worked in. Turned into apartments a long time back, I know the young ladies in the scene.
Jason Statham can be a legit good actor, but I'm still going to suggest watching another one of his strictly action movies. "Safe" (2012) is a neat little action thriller with Jason Statham as a homeless ex-cop and pit fighter protecting a little girl prodigy who's being used as human computer (leaving no paper/digital trail) by a ruthless mob boss.
"Too late, too late!" will be the cry When the man with the goods has passed you by I have no good reason for posting this, just love saying it in my best Statham voice :)
A good oldie Statham film is Revolver. It's a mindbender of a film and actually has quite a profound yet simple message that I think we all intuitively know but it's delivered in this mind bendy way. Never seen a a reaction to it, would be psyched to see you do one. It's also a Guy Richie film as well!
While Westminster tube probably isn't a bunker, it is true to the best of my knowledge that its roof is reinforced to protect Portcullis House above from the effects of a bomb (not nuclear!) in the tube station.
When this film came out I saw it 7 times at the cinema with friends - we all thought it was a documentary as we were all living the same sort of lifestyles as the characters in the film & dressed similarly too!!! 🎥😎👍
The translated scene, for students of cockney rhyming slang "A few nights ago Rory's Roger iron's rusted. He's gone down the battle-cruiser to watch the end of a football game. Nobody is watching the custard so he turns the channel over. A fat geezer's north opens. He wanders up and turns the Liza over. 'Now f*** off and watch it somewhere else.' Rory knows claret is imminent, but he doesn't want to miss the end of the game. So, calm as a coma, picks up a fire extinguisher, walks straight past the jam rolls who are ready for action and he plonks it outside the entrance. He then orders an Aristotle of the most ping pong tiddly in the nuclear sub and switches back to his footer. 'That's f***ing it,' says the geezer. 'That's f***ing what?' says Rory. And he gobs out a mouthful of booze covering fatty. He flicks a flaming match into his bird's nest and the geezer's lit up like a leaking gas pipe." Roger (Mellie) = Telly (TV) Iron's rusted = Busted Battle cruiser = Boozer (pub) Custard (and jelly) = Telly North (and south) = Mouth Liza (Minelli) = Telly Claret = A type of red wine, used here as a metaphor for blood Jam rolls = A**h*les Aristotle = Bottle Ping pong = Strong, in the sense of high alcohol content Tiddly (wink) = Drink Nuclear sub = Pub Bird's nest = Chest
"OMG that would take so long" 🤣 This was most of the world's introduction to Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham, and yes, that was Sting. I remember seeing this at a little independent theatre in Orlando Florida when it came out in the US and it was the coolest thing I'd seen since Pulp Fiction. More Guy Ritchie films please! His two Sherlock Holmes films are excellent, so is his version of King Arthur IMO. The Gentlemen and Rocknrolla are a couple more crime stories in the same vein as this and Snatch. You'd probably enjoy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. too since you enjoy spy thrillers so much, plus it starrs Henry Cavil. See you in the next one Jen. 🥂
I remember in high school film class they showed us the scene where the big shootout happens and everything leading up to it as an example of great cinematography
Next time you watch this, I highly recommend seeing if you can find the extended version - the whole subplot behind why Harry wants the bar so badly is explained in full.
Thought you might like this. The scene where Nick the Greek drops the glass through the table was unscripted. Jason Statham was a street vendor before acting.
Another Guy Ritchie movie to watch is "The Gentlemen", Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong, Henry Golding and a great supporting cast. Absolutely fantastic movie about crime, weed, newspapers, Russian mobsters, street gangs, blackmail and an "impressively sized Farmyard pig"... In the words of Michelle Dockery's character "There's fuckery afoot..."
Hey Jen, love your reactions, you are intelligent in your reactions which sets you apart. I would like to suggest the Guy Ritchie film 'The Gentlemen' 🙂
Any Guy Ritchie film that even looks a bit like "Lock Stock" is usually a good time. "The Gentlemen" is the most recent, I think, but there were a couple more back there as well. They do kind of blend together but if you liked this and "Snatch" they're all worth a glance. If Jen hasn't seen Guy's "Man From UNCLE" film, someone needs to do something about that right away. As much as she likes James Bond, it would be doing her a disservice to not put her on to UNCLE. 😃
Upload on a Saturday Jen what sorcery is this 😅 havnt seen this movie in ages but it's fantastic for sure if I'm not mistaken this was Vinnie Jones first acting roll don't quote me on that mind , if you havnt already you should check out gone in sixty seconds staring Nicolas cage and Vinnie himself . All I remember are two rifles in this movie so let's relive it along with your brilliant commentary Jen 🎉🎉
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Jen, it is the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes right? If so...Great choice! See you there!
Rock N Rolla is my favourite Guy Ritchie movie it's also a London gangster film starring Tom Hardy, Gerrard Buttler and Idris Elba among others.
The Steven Spielberg produced Sherlock Holmes movie from the 80's is pretty solid too. It's almost like a cross between a detective story, a fantasy, and an unofficial Indiana Jones movie. It's called "Young Sherlock Holmes."
The BBC series called "Sherlock" with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is pretty awesome.
@@e.d.2096 Yes, Eric, both of the Sherlock Holmes films by Guy Richie are excellent.
This is a great British Gangster film, Jen, I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much. For another like this I recommend, 'Love, Honour and Obey' it's not as well known but it's good none the less. As for Guy Richie films, one which I think you'd really like one and it is sort of related to Austin Powers, as I mentioned in a previous reaction, one of the references in Austin Powers was from the '60s TV spy series 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' well, Guy Richie did a film based on it from 2015, starring amongst others Henry Cavill, I suggest that you watch a few episodes of the original series before you react to it as it will acquaint you with the characters, you can view these episodes if you search under the title 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' or 'The Man from Uncle'.
Yes, that was a cameo from Sting. He was in the film as his wife Trudie put up the main funding for the production.
It was also partly funded by the bloke who played Barry the Baptist. He knew...'some people.'
@@wolfiebassache4146kind of harmonious administration work, i guess
Unexpected surprise. Lenny McLean is the greatest thing about this movie. He plays Barry the Baptist. He was a real life bare knuckle boxer and local hardman. He ad libbed a majority of his dialogue and Guy Richie just let him go off. Who he is in this film is almost exactly the way he liked to act in real life. Apparently he was an absolute sweetheart on set. He liked to hold court and everyone would crowd around and listen to his stories. It's a shame he's gone. He had a big personality.
The Guv'nor! great autobiography, great man!
Aparrently unbeaten in something like 72 bare-knuckle boxing matches.
@@riffgroove he did lose once and he claims it wasn't a loss but it looks like was. I can't remember who it was against but he has a legit loss that he doesn't acknowledge. And if you bring it up he would argue it vehemently. Which is so Lenny.
@juliangrant9718 BTW, love your profile photo.
I'm from Vancouver and shared a jam-spot with Strapping at one time.
@@riffgroove Love Canadians. You got Bret Hart and Devon Townsend, my two favourite humans on the planet. You're a lucky duck! I Only got to share the same space at their live shows in Australia. Their Live in Melbourne: No Sleep Till Bedtime show is one of the the greatest live performances ever recorded so they hold a special place in Australia because of that album. Rock on, man! 🤘
Another Guy Richie movie you definitely should watch is RocknRolla starring Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Thandiwe Newton and Mark Strong. It is amazing!
YES, please. Very underrated. The Gentleman is also good.
@@MrHale i think theyre both pants.
Such a good movie. Thanks to all who recommended it.
I seem to recall the DVD having a special feature explaining how Cockney rhyming slang works for non-British audiences.
Such a good crime comedy film!
They don't make them like they used to.
2:50 - Jen: “is that weed? That’s weeed! If they smoke in a movie, I smoke in a movie! (quick puff)”
As if I couldn’t adore you more… 😂
I don't think she'd survive a Cheech and Chong movie.... XD
Word!!
In that environment I would have been my own best customer, especially at the time when this film came out.
Love this movie. I think this was the one that put Jason Statham on the map.
Also, that bartender who kinda looked like Sting? That was him. Great little cameo there.
Hi Jen.
The guy who plays Barry the Baptist was Lenny McLean. A legendary bare knuckle and unlicensed boxer in Britain.
You should definitely look into his life story.
He sadly died shortly after this movie was filmed.
He was also a "famous" bouncer and was featured in the documentary "behind the velvet rope".
@@russellward4624 indeed. I didn't want to overload Jen with stuff though.
Just hoping she sees my comment and looks into Lenny's life.
I did have a great time Jen! Watch ‘The Gentleman’ with us next, it feels like the older and more refined brother of ‘Lock Stock’. BTW great reaction as per usual, always glad to see one’s of my favourite movies featured… and the fade on the ending/ your fade reaction on the ending swearing PRICELESS 😂
Fun fact: the actor who played Tom, Jason Flemyng, was hired to appear in another film soon after this finished. The final scene was re-shot (I believe because it didn't test well with focus group audiences) months after initial production had wrapped.
In the intervening time, the Flemyng had let his hair grow out for the subsequent role. To preserve continuity, he wore the watch cap/stocking cap in order to conceal his longer hair.
Jen, yes there are other good Guy Ritchie movies to watch. RockNRolla is the third in his series of British gangster movies, and my favorite movie of all time. Please Please Please watch it soon.
Thanks. Love ya.
I had a butcher's hook at this reaction, that was a right old proper bird-bath, doll. 😅💜
😂 What?! 😂😂
@@jenmurrayxo butchers hook = look and bird-bath = laugh. lol Cockney Rhyming slang!
@@jenmurrayxo (I'd a look at this reaction, that was a good laugh, lady.) 😋
The original DVD came with a cockney-rhyme dictionary 😊
@@shadowvessel Haha, nice touch.
Not a big crime movie fan but I've heard the British based crime films to see include "Layer Cake" (2004); "RocknRolla" (2008); "The Bank Job" (2008) and of course, "The Italian Job" (1969) Michael Caine original. For a weird less serious crime caper offshoot there's "St Trinians" (2007).
Always enjoyable to watch you react Jen, better than watching the actual movie in many cases!
St Trinians, and the sequel, are a lot of silly fun.
@@LordVolkov Quirky British Humour.
Was watching something else, but I paused and came straight here as soon I noticed this absolute Classic. You Rock, Jen. 🤘
Cheers and Happy Weekend from the East Coast. 🥃👍✌❤
Thanks Bob ☺️👍
@@jenmurrayxo You should also watch Rock n Rolla ... Another good Guy Ritchie movie. 👍
Vinnie Jones, who played Big Chris was a professional soccer player who had never acted before this film. It gave him a long running career as a 'heavy' in British films which is still going.
He acted pretty tough on the pitch. Ask Gazza’s nuts 😂
The Gentlemen is the best Guy Ritchie movie in a long time.
'That guy' (and his son) is Vinnie Jones, a very famous footballer from the 80's and 90's. He was known for being a particularly aggressive defensive player, so his shift from football 'heavy' to film 'heavy' was an easy one.
“Vinnie” was also in “Snatch”and featured as Sphinx in “Gone in 60 Seconds”
British slang is largely contextual. The same words can mean something different in different situations. Thats how the comedy works too usually.
This movie was made BEFORE Snatch, & is what made Guy Ritchie a household name at the time....though its sadly been forgotten since.
While Guy Ritchie has made a few crime movies since Snatch, only 2019’s The Gentlemen starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam and Hugh Grant lives up to the genius of his first two films.
You weren't a fan of rocknrolla?
Rock n Rolla was also great but underrated.
15:30 Rob Brydon as a traffic warden is genius casting honestly
The Italian Job (1969) is another very popular British "Crimey" film and stars a young Michael Caine (aka. Alfred From Batman.)
plus if you want a Hard Michael caine British Gangster film watch Get Carter , thats the original not the american remake with Stallone..
The Traffic Warden was played by Rob Bryson, a British (actually Welsh) comedian, regularly on TV here
Guy Ritchie’s film debut is still by far his best in my opinion. Most people like Snatch because it’s the first one of Ritchie’s movies they saw.
Once you get into the rhythm of the accent, it's by far the best Guy Ritchie movie. Best soundtrack, most fun, pacing, most interesting characters, etc.
The actor playing the traffic cop is Rob Brydon...a stand-up comedian better known as the compere of the UK show "8 of 10 Cats Does Countdown" and funny TV series The Trip...with Steve Coogan.
A bit of trivia is the guy who played Barry the Baptist. He was a long-time undefeated bare-knuckle boxing champion of Britain (and these are "unlicensed" and illegal matches, where anything goes). He was BRUTAL. He was quite a huge guy (6'4" and 300 lbs). Guy Richie was fascinated with the English "underworld," and so he hired this guy on that basis. He died of cancer right after the movie came out, at age 49.
A quite good (and serious) British crime movie where "everything spins out of control" is Layer Cake.
My old man once got in an argument with a bloke over the road and hit him with his car door like Vinny Jones did in the movie. Police were called and neighbours out in their gardens said they never saw anything! One of my proudest moments of Pa.
Soap is played by Dexter Fletcher who went on to a successful career as a director (most recently he directed Bohemian Rhapsody).
He also directed 'Sunshine On Leith' (2013) the British musical love story/drama based on songs by Scottish band The Proclaimers. A tiny, tiny scene from the movie was filmed at a restaurant I used to work at (Wee Lochan), the film crew were there for one whole day and the scene in the film is onscreen for less than 2 seconds. 🙄😅
@@mr.a8315 Dexter also worked on the limited series, "The Offer", which details the making of "The Godfather"
@@Madbandit77 Oh, I'd like to see that, thank you. :)
I love how the ending of this movie kind of parallels the ending of The Italian Job. They both fade out with you not sure if the hugely valuable stolen goods will fall and be lost forever, or if they'll manage to keep that from happening and make a fortune.
I love what Guy Ritchie did with "King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword," but some folks didn't like it as much but the movie is very him. There is one movie you might love because it deals with heists (I know, right...) called "Layer Cake," it's not Guy Ritchie but but definitely directed in his style, and the cast is amazing including Daniel Craig just before he was Bond, James Bond. It's right up your alley. Great reaction as usual. Every time you schmoke, I schmoke, so please do more. 🙂
Layer Cake, Lock stock and Snatch all have Matthew Vaughn as producer.
That is probably why they are a bit more energetic.
@@boretrk Oh great point!
Excellent reaction as always. You might want to check out The Gentlemen from 2019, Ritchies most recent effort in the crime comedy genre, featuring an all star cast.
The girl did kill someone -- the guy who originally had the Bren gun -- whose arm was cut by the machete.
Yes, that is Sting. I like this movie, but surprised that it made it past the censors with all the swear words.
Jen’s English (London in this case) accent is remarkably good. Most North Americans’ attempt at any of the many English accents come out sounding Australian.
Guy Richie’s “The Gentleman” is my favourite 🍿
“Face” is another British gangster movie with Robert Carlisle where things spiral out of control.
Epic. Timeless. So many iconic lines. Vinny Jones popped up in so many films after his debut here. And this is the best closing track in cinema history (Stone Roses - Fools Gold)
This is my favourite between this and Snatch. This one is just so linked into my teen years. One of the first CDs I bought was the soundtrack. I still quote the film, and my band plays two of the songs from the soundtrack.
It's so good!
So glad to see you're enjoying it. 😎👍
"As long as you don't use complete muppets"
*CUT TO A PAIR OF COMPLETE MUPPETS*
Full disclosure, I'm a certified Southern Fairy
This movie was my introduction to Guy Ritchie. A friend recommended it to me when we were talking about an Irish movie, The Commitments (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).
I love Richie's style. He's made quite a few good movies, although this and Snatch are my favorite.
Watching your reaction to this was really fun. Or maybe it was when you said, "If they smoke in a movie, then I gotta smoke". I agreed completely at once.
when I gonna do next time something criminal, I will definitely recruit Jen - she can keep her stomach and head cool! You should really watch "Clue" made in 1985 sometimes great crime comedy
One of my all-time favorite movies. Good actors, good story. Awesome soundtrack.
I’ve watched this film a dozen times, at least. This is the first time that I’ve ever noticed that the tanning salon early on is called “Tan Tropez” 😂
Jen! It may not get as many views as your top videos, but I am a HUGE fan of Guy Ritchie’s “Rocknrolla” (and I don’t think im alone).
I’m certain you have a long list of movies to get through, but I think you’d really like it. Surprisingly few reactions to it on YT.
Any one out there agree?
Love that movie…
I've only seen it once, but I remember RocknRolla being very funny in a dark way.
No, you're not alone..
True... Very True
Glad you enjoyed it. and yes, it was Sting. The man is awesome. Fun fact: Vinnie Jones, who plays Big Chris, was actually a neighbour of mine when he played football (soccer) for Wimbledon FC. Such a great guy. You have to check out RocknRolla, Revolver, The Gentlemen Man from U.N.C.L.E. and even Aladdin with Will Smith (yes that was Guy Ritchie). Avoid Swept Away.
I played in a charity five a side game opposite Vinnie when he played for Leeds……. Seriously nice guy.
In real life "Barry the Baptiste" was Lenny McCrae, AKA the G'vnor. He is London's most famous unlicenced boxing champion and the head of "security" in Leicester Square. He died just before the film came out. A bona fidi gangland fellow.
EASILY one of my favorite movies of all time! It is perfect from start to finish with incredible acting. Snatch is still my favorite though. Super excited for the Guy Ritchie Sherlock, I loved that one too with Guy's style.
This movie is classic Guy Ritchie. Rock N Rolla and Revolver are great, the latter having been written by the writer/director of the 5th Element.
Jen did you notice Bricktop toward the end? He also narrated the film.
If you are looking for a great British crime movie you should check out Layer Cake. While not by Guy Ritchie it is directed by Matthew Vaughn the producer of Lock stock and Snatch and is probably the reason Daniel Craig got the Bond gig
Layer Cake feels like Vaughn imitating Ritchie, and I'm glad he's found his own style since then.
The pub with the dancer, was The Admiral Nelson, right behind an office i worked in. Turned into apartments a long time back, I know the young ladies in the scene.
Jason Statham can be a legit good actor, but I'm still going to suggest watching another one of his strictly action movies. "Safe" (2012) is a neat little action thriller with Jason Statham as a homeless ex-cop and pit fighter protecting a little girl prodigy who's being used as human computer (leaving no paper/digital trail) by a ruthless mob boss.
"Too late, too late!" will be the cry
When the man with the goods has passed you by
I have no good reason for posting this, just love saying it in my best Statham voice :)
The Gentleman is another great Filim
A good oldie Statham film is Revolver. It's a mindbender of a film and actually has quite a profound yet simple message that I think we all intuitively know but it's delivered in this mind bendy way. Never seen a a reaction to it, would be psyched to see you do one. It's also a Guy Richie film as well!
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Go.- 1999
Very bad things. - 1998
finally a reaction channel who covers this gem of a movie ❤was about time
While Westminster tube probably isn't a bunker, it is true to the best of my knowledge that its roof is reinforced to protect Portcullis House above from the effects of a bomb (not nuclear!) in the tube station.
Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen is outstanding
Snatch is just as good. I never knew you smoked. You're the Best!
When this film came out I saw it 7 times at the cinema with friends - we all thought it was a documentary as we were all living the same sort of lifestyles as the characters in the film & dressed similarly too!!! 🎥😎👍
"Chill Winston!"
The translated scene, for students of cockney rhyming slang
"A few nights ago Rory's Roger iron's rusted. He's gone down the battle-cruiser to watch the end of a football game. Nobody is watching the custard so he turns the channel over. A fat geezer's north opens. He wanders up and turns the Liza over. 'Now f*** off and watch it somewhere else.' Rory knows claret is imminent, but he doesn't want to miss the end of the game. So, calm as a coma, picks up a fire extinguisher, walks straight past the jam rolls who are ready for action and he plonks it outside the entrance. He then orders an Aristotle of the most ping pong tiddly in the nuclear sub and switches back to his footer. 'That's f***ing it,' says the geezer. 'That's f***ing what?' says Rory. And he gobs out a mouthful of booze covering fatty. He flicks a flaming match into his bird's nest and the geezer's lit up like a leaking gas pipe."
Roger (Mellie) = Telly (TV)
Iron's rusted = Busted
Battle cruiser = Boozer (pub)
Custard (and jelly) = Telly
North (and south) = Mouth
Liza (Minelli) = Telly
Claret = A type of red wine, used here as a metaphor for blood
Jam rolls = A**h*les
Aristotle = Bottle
Ping pong = Strong, in the sense of high alcohol content
Tiddly (wink) = Drink
Nuclear sub = Pub
Bird's nest = Chest
RocknRolla is another great Guy Ritchie movie.
"What's that?"
"That's me bren gun"
"OMG that would take so long" 🤣 This was most of the world's introduction to Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham, and yes, that was Sting. I remember seeing this at a little independent theatre in Orlando Florida when it came out in the US and it was the coolest thing I'd seen since Pulp Fiction. More Guy Ritchie films please! His two Sherlock Holmes films are excellent, so is his version of King Arthur IMO. The Gentlemen and Rocknrolla are a couple more crime stories in the same vein as this and Snatch. You'd probably enjoy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. too since you enjoy spy thrillers so much, plus it starrs Henry Cavil. See you in the next one Jen. 🥂
One of the best soundtracks from modern movies
I remember in high school film class they showed us the scene where the big shootout happens and everything leading up to it as an example of great cinematography
This was the first Guy Ritchie movie I saw and I've been a fan ever since
This movie gets so unfairly overshadowed by Snatch. It's so good.
Next time you watch this, I highly recommend seeing if you can find the extended version - the whole subplot behind why Harry wants the bar so badly is explained in full.
The car at the end that big Cris has is a Shebly Cobra. The car that built Shelby motors as referenced in Ford vs Ferrari
Thought you might like this. The scene where Nick the Greek drops the glass through the table was unscripted. Jason Statham was a street vendor before acting.
Alan's are knickers as in Alan Whicker who was a British broadcaster.
1:48 Sgt. Johnny Martin from Band of Brothers! (Dexter Fletcher, who also directed Rocketman and most of Bohemian Rhapsody)
Gloria was not the worst! She killed one of the gang using the Bren gun. (Ironically the bloke who'd brought it to the job.)
And now for more Jason Statham the Crank movies, pllllllleeeeeeaaaazzze!
My favourite of the two films. So well written, acted and filmed
Although not a Guy Ritchie movie you should check out The Mean machine with much of the same cast as this as well as Snatch.
“That kinda looks like sting” 😂❤
Now that you've reviewed Lock Stock and Snatch, you HAVE to do The Gentleman! I look forward to that one! Love your reviews Jen!!
Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the sword is my favourite
"That looks like Sting." It was.
'A spanking paddle', 'looks like dope'................something you want to tell us Jen???. Great film, all the best.
Another Guy Ritchie movie to watch is "The Gentlemen", Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong, Henry Golding and a great supporting cast.
Absolutely fantastic movie about crime, weed, newspapers, Russian mobsters, street gangs, blackmail and an "impressively sized Farmyard pig"...
In the words of Michelle Dockery's character "There's fuckery afoot..."
Loved it! Try RocknRolla for another good guy ritchie film!
Yes, it was sting . His wife trudy produced this movie.
For a different, smart and funny take on British crime I highly recommend The Ladykillers (1955)
Hey Jen, love your reactions, you are intelligent in your reactions which sets you apart. I would like to suggest the Guy Ritchie film 'The Gentlemen' 🙂
"Too late, too late will be the cry if you pass the lovely Jen Murray by"
So amped Jen, buy waiting fir you to react to this classic heisty forever 👍🤙
1. The Gentlemen (another great crime movie)
2. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
3. Wrath of Man
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Any Guy Ritchie film that even looks a bit like "Lock Stock" is usually a good time. "The Gentlemen" is the most recent, I think, but there were a couple more back there as well. They do kind of blend together but if you liked this and "Snatch" they're all worth a glance.
If Jen hasn't seen Guy's "Man From UNCLE" film, someone needs to do something about that right away. As much as she likes James Bond, it would be doing her a disservice to not put her on to UNCLE. 😃
Alans are a well known British underwear brand. So it is just a British version of a “keep your shorts on”.
Strongly suggest these Brit classics "The Full Monty" & "Billy Elliot"...🙂
Upload on a Saturday Jen what sorcery is this 😅 havnt seen this movie in ages but it's fantastic for sure if I'm not mistaken this was Vinnie Jones first acting roll don't quote me on that mind , if you havnt already you should check out gone in sixty seconds staring Nicolas cage and Vinnie himself . All I remember are two rifles in this movie so let's relive it along with your brilliant commentary Jen 🎉🎉
Jen I promise you will love all the Guy Ritchie flicks!