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When this corona nonsense is out of the way me and my mates would love to host you at our football club. Fees on us. We're in South London so you can do the touristic stuff too lol
Thanks for doing this one bro, one of my favourite films so it’s been emotional 😉 Fun little story, I used to say “chill Winston” a lot around my niece (around 5 years old at the time) when one day my sister and bro in law were arguing so she told them both to “chill winston”, it was hilarious 😂
I saw it in a small theatre in a small town in Finland. I always read Empire Magazine (a movie magazine) and it was so hyped in it, and a smash hit in the UK, so I had to see go see it. Then I watched over and over again on VHS. I worked in a movie rental, and I think I had this tape at home for like a year. But then I took almost 20 years me to watch it again.
Fun fact: Jason Statham sales pitch in the beginning of the film was the bit everyone trying out for the part had to audition with and he got it because he actually used to sell shady goods on the corner like that before becoming an actor.
Funner fact: that sales pitch comes from a short clip on London Market Traders shot in the 1970s, it's on youtube, Statham pretty much repeats the traders words verbatim
@Spr1ggan87 late comment but olympic competitors are pretty famously underpaid besides the most famous and well known like Phelps or White who just make money off brand deals and not their actual competiton wins for the most part.
Soundtrack to this one is incredible, as well. Ritchie had an immediate instinct for musical accompaniment, Scorsese style. The songs are all great, and perfectly placed. And that bassline.
He did a rewatch of Snatch recently on RUclips and said pretty much all his soundtrack songs are on a Rolodex of tracks from various pub jukeboxes from his life that he just loved.
Rory Breaker is a scene stealer with so many good one liners ... and i love the fact that he is so intense about his sports that the whole incident at the bar was about a 4-0 soccer game which pretty much is a blow out and all but decided
@@alfredthegreat9543 i think its vastly underrated. i believe that people went into it with too high hopes, having seen lock stock and snatch its not quite them, but if you didn't know it was a guy ritchie film and just went into it, you're far more likely to enjoy it.
That's a great way to describe what makes this movie great: the texture. everything in the movie from the visuals to the writing share a texture unlike anything else when this came out
Only 8? When this first came out, it went to video pretty quickly and I bought it just before my band went on our first European tour. One month away, proper tour bus. I think this probably got played at least twice a day.
A bleak gut puncher that stays with you. Whilst often hilarious for macabre reasons, it was to hard to find even a tiny bit of hope in this film. A great film but hard to watch.
I think this one edges out Snatch as my favorite simply because of how amazingly well orchestrated the storytelling was, and the sheer amount of mania of the heist-gone-wrong.
It’s crazy that the dude who played Soap became a big time director of Eddie The Eagle & Rocketman! Can’t wait to see what he does with the Sherlock Holmes franchise.
This is one of my most loved, most quoted films ever. Came out when I was 18. Holy shit. haha Yeah, when I saw you react to Snatch, I REALLY hoped you'd come back to this one. For your sake. haha This one was an instant classic and a real "Who the hell is this director?" moment.
I'm waay late to the comments, but the algorithm just pushed me this video. Great reactions, this really is one of the classics of British crime cinema. Some of the other films recommended by others are all good picks. You may also enjoy In Bruges, and Sexy Beast.
IIRC this film was Jason Statham's first. He was discovered by Ritchie working as a bouncer in a club and Ritchie just saw his face and thought "this is the guy I want in my movie"
This film is incredibly well shot and stylised, the music score, the humour and pace of the film is very good, Lock Stock is a hugely underrated piece of cinema.
He did do a few. Of those i've seen, Quadrophenia, The Bride & Dune as well as a couple of little cameos but i'm sure he did a few more. Not like he needs the money though is it 🤣 He probably just does stuff for mates these days. He did very well with the accent i thought.
I read his autobiography. Towards the end he spoke about discovering his joy of acting a bit too late in life because he was then diagnosed with cancer. It was a poignant end to a crazy life story. I found him fascinating, but I couldn't shake off the fact that he was a gangster and brought untold misery to folks life.
This is one of my favorite films. The character development is spot on and kind of fascinating because he does it swiftly, but you know who these people are.
Here is a weird suggestion for you, The Hood series. The films are Kidulthood (06), Adulthood (08), and Brotherhood (16). They are UK crime films but from the perspective of kids in the inner city. The first two are the best but the third is a lot of fun too. An interesting watch mostly because it's a different side of the UK that had very little media made about it at the time and through the series you see a lot of actors who went on to bigger things. The series soundtrack even helped popularise grime with a lot of the actors being UK rappers as well namely Stormzy in Brotherhood just before he became massive.
I just watched video by Guy Ritchie where he tells his story about Snatch and he talks about Vinnie Jones being Guy's and Stathams "big brother". Very good watch if you are interested. "Guy Ritchie talking about Snatch" twenty years later" in RUclips.
If you want to see the all time greatest British gangster film then I have to point you in the direction of "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins. The actor who played Hatchet Harry has a prominent role, and the actor who played Brick Top in "Snatch" also features briefly.
One of the best endings to a movie. Guy Richie tortures us with that ending, under the guise of "but you get to choose how the story ends for yourself". Bastard!
Lenny McLean (AKA the Guvnor) who played the character ‘Barry the Baptist’ was a real life London underworld enforcer, he worked with the most powerful gangsters in London and was also a bare knuckle fighting champion. He was known as the hardest man in Britain. RIP
I think I recommended this before, but you gotta check out Guy Ritchie's Revolver. It's experimental as hell, and one of the most bizarre movies I've ever sat through. And though it's not a Guy Ritchie movie (Matthew Vaughn directs), check out Layer Cake, starring Daniel Craig. It's very similar in style to Ritchie's early work.
@@nathanharrison8901 I found Revolver pretty disappointing, but I didn't know there was a different UK version and I'm sure the version I saw would have been the US version, so maybe that's the reason why... I'll have to look for the UK version!
@@randalthor741 yea they changed a lot of the 3rd act in the US version and was really dumbed down. If you get a chance to see the UK version it leaves you with a very different experience.
Watching your reaction to this film is almost like watching this film for the first time for me! I have seen it to the point of being able to quote nearly all of it in the most irritating accent! I’m sure someone mentioned this by now, but this was Ritchie’s first film - raw, low budget, and utterly brilliant! No question it’s his best, hands down. I had the incredible fortune to be living in South London when this film came out over there. I was 22, work/lived in a pub, and the young locals & I became fast (party) friends. They planned an outing when a few of us were off shift at the pub, and we all went to see this in the theater together. The Brits were SO excited for this film, and neither the film nor the audience disappointed. Mayhem in the theater as well as on screen. It was a legendary experience. Here is one more detail that is incredibly f-ing cool and further ties me to this film in a big way. As I said, the pub I work/lived in was in South London. Battersea is the name of the neighborhood, so named because it was just across the - you guessed it - Battersea Bridge. Yes, that same bridge at the end of the film… which we walked across regularly and which we walked across on our way home from the film. Needless to say, everyone had a turn pretending to be Tom.
Big man who played Barry the Baptist(he worked for hatchet harry) was called Lenny McLean "the guv'nor" he was a real life hard arse. Was a bare knuckle fighter, enforcer, doorman(bouncer) met a few of hes mates...they are the ones who get me into doorwork. The stories I hear about that man.....was a beast
And yes you were right bro, Alan Ford narrated Lock Stock and then went on to play Bricktop in Snatch. I had the pleasure of actually meeting him when I worked in a shop back in 2002 and he was just like he is on screen, with that cockney charm just obviously less aggressive 😂
The casting for guy Richie villains is always perfect. Brick top, Rory Breaker... always have an unthreatening appearance and the threat becomes apparent through dialogue alone.
When I moved to London 4 years ago, I was living in a Hostel atop a pub. The dude who played the scruffy bearded little dude would frequent to it with a dog. He looks the same but like he has smoked 10,000 packs of cigarettes since this movie.
YES! I’m so glad you reacted to this. Isn’t SOOO GOOOD!? Everything is great; music, shots, acting, script, dialogue, editing. And I’m glad you picked up on the texture and gritty filmmaking in this. It’s unpolished and yet super polished. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like a young filmmaker who wasn’t afraid to try ANYTHING and it pays off.
Too watch a person enjoying the Guy Richie collection is a pleasure to watch , he takes you on a ride in a rollercoaster ride without brakes . Sorry to say James you only have one film in the collection left being ... Rocknrolla
"It's me Bren gun!" I heard about this movie when Guy Ritchie was at the MTV Movie Awards back in '99 I think? He won best new filmmaker and they showed a bunch of clips. When I was old enough, I bought it. Not rented, bought. It's been in my collection ever since. One of my favorite to throw on when I'm feeling down. Well done, James!
Haha,this man gets British films. Rock and Rolla & The Layer Cake are just as good as this movie. You won't be disappointed viewing either one of them. My first viewing of this film in the theater was so good,I watched it back to back in the same day. A lot of folks didn't get the dry British humor when it first came out,but to me it hilarious.
I don't know if you've been told this yet, Lenny Mclean the guy who plays Barry the Baptist in this (The huge guy) was an underground bare knuckle boxer and actually from this kinda world and known as "Britain's hardest man" and the "Guv'nor". Unfortunately he died shortly after this was made, but I always thought it was interesting that someone from the real English gangster scene was in it.
What a strange experience. I'm watching a reaction to a Guy Ritchie film with another Guy Ritchie (The Gentlemen) playing on my TV. The barely conscious woman waking up to be an absolute badass with the machine gun was an epic moment of the film. Happy New Year, James. Thank you for being one of the things that have helped me get through 2020. Your reactions have been a nourishing distraction from the worst of this year. May next year be better for all of us.
Amazing man. Top tier movies from Guy Ritchie. Watched Wrath of Man first then went and watched The Gentlemen, Snatch and finally Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels. Thanks for this.
This was Jason Stathom first feature film. Great movie that works like an old analogue clock. So many moving parts that rely on each other to create an incredible experience and story.
In a movie full of characters, Guy Ritchie cast some ACTUAL characters in Lock Stock..... Vinnie Jones (Big Chris) - He was a 15 year veteran of English soccer, most notably with Wimbledon. He was known as a "hard man", a tough player who played very rough. Lenny McLean (Barry the Baptist) - Lenny was a well known bouncer and unlicensed boxer who, by his estimation, had between 2,000-3,000 unlicensed fights. He passed away shortly after Lock Stock was released in 1998. Sting (JD, the bar owner and Eddie's father) - Former lead singer of The Police, and very accomplished solo artist. And yes, the narrator at the beginning was the actor who played Brick Top, Alan Ford
There are moments in this movie that made me lol seriously out loud 😂🤣! Went to see it in a cinema with my sons. It was watching this that reminded me that once a Londoner always a Londoner!
Guy Ritchie has described Lock Stock and Snatch as being inspired by stories he would hear in gyms and pubs in the 90s. I think it's a really nice touch that the story is narrated by Alan the barman, because it gives the story the feel of one of those outlandish stories you'd hear from a barman in an East End pub
I love your reactions. I recently watched your reaction to Snatch. Your love for cinematography is so apparent. Happy New Year & Love from the UK 💜 -x-
i love the nicknames in these Guy Ritchie movies. Barry the Baptist, because he drowns people that owe him money. these type of nicknames are either given or earned, you can't make one for yourself. James VS Cinema could be Jimmy Flicks or a funny one like, Silent Movie James (because you talk through the film)
I remember once I went to London to watch England and me and a few lads in high spirits but behaving were shouting /singing " Engerland" when this bloke walked out of a doorway and told us to,' shut the f**k up" There was 8 of us. He threatened the biggest lad and we just stood there in shock. And moved on. A good 10 years later im watching this film and the voice pricks my ears up.And then that " I know you feeling." Then it clicked.The Guvnor. Lenny Maclean. This film doesmt even translate the menace he exuded...
Some gritty uk film that are a must watch is the business, football factory, this is england, dead mans shoes. The firm. Theres plenty more that's just off the to top my head.
Bit late to the party here, but loved your reaction, also props for the La'Haine shout out - thought I was the only person outside of france to have seen that. (If you like that, have you seen Crimson Rivers & Empire of the Wolves? firkin great films)
Brilliant movie reaction. Have to say loving the show. I remember watching this movie when it came out and having the same reaction. You should definitely try Layer Cake, its was directed by Matthew Vaughn, the Producer of Lock stock and Snatch. You can see alot of the great elements from these films In Layer Cake.
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When this corona nonsense is out of the way me and my mates would love to host you at our football club. Fees on us. We're in South London so you can do the touristic stuff too lol
Thanks for doing this one bro, one of my favourite films so it’s been emotional 😉
Fun little story, I used to say “chill Winston” a lot around my niece (around 5 years old at the time) when one day my sister and bro in law were arguing so she told them both to “chill winston”, it was hilarious 😂
Dead mans shoes brother you won’t be disappointed 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸.
I saw it in a small theatre in a small town in Finland. I always read Empire Magazine (a movie magazine) and it was so hyped in it, and a smash hit in the UK, so I had to see go see it. Then I watched over and over again on VHS. I worked in a movie rental, and I think I had this tape at home for like a year. But then I took almost 20 years me to watch it again.
Try "The Boondock Saints" 1999 I put that movie in the same category as Snatch and Lock Stock and two smoking barrels, just Directed by Troy Duffy.
Fun fact: Jason Statham sales pitch in the beginning of the film was the bit everyone trying out for the part had to audition with and he got it because he actually used to sell shady goods on the corner like that before becoming an actor.
Funner fact: that sales pitch comes from a short clip on London Market Traders shot in the 1970s, it's on youtube, Statham pretty much repeats the traders words verbatim
only fools and horses
He was an olympic diver prior to acting though...
@@Spr1ggan87
I'm not sure he made the Olympic squad but he did compete for England at the Commonwealths.
@Spr1ggan87 late comment but olympic competitors are pretty famously underpaid besides the most famous and well known like Phelps or White who just make money off brand deals and not their actual competiton wins for the most part.
"If the milk's sour, then I'm not the pussy to drink it." Love this movie.
Great lines all over haha
Rory is the best character.
@@grunthostheflatulent9649 today it’s Mr Breaker
After I watched James review I put lock stock on.
@@johnheilds8116 Good call, mate!
Soundtrack to this one is incredible, as well. Ritchie had an immediate instinct for musical accompaniment, Scorsese style. The songs are all great, and perfectly placed. And that bassline.
He did a rewatch of Snatch recently on RUclips and said pretty much all his soundtrack songs are on a Rolodex of tracks from various pub jukeboxes from his life that he just loved.
He made music videos before this film.
@@winterhands
He was a pub landlord before he made music videos.
Rory Breaker is a scene stealer with so many good one liners ... and i love the fact that he is so intense about his sports that the whole incident at the bar was about a 4-0 soccer game which pretty much is a blow out and all but decided
I love how earlier in the movie the boys see flaming man come running out of the pub.
Also how he takes little pistols to the gunfight 😂
Why hasn't this guy been in more Ritchie flicks he was outstanding in Lock Stock.
I love when he tells Nick the Greek how hard he’s gonna have to work to stay alive
You should watch Rock 'n rolla next. You gonna love the russia chase seen
That was the best scene in the movie
Seconded! Awesome, underrated movie.
Thank God someone mentioned RocknRolla, would love to see a reaction to this film.
You're the 1st people I've known to like Rock 'n Rolla, I thought it was awful.
@@alfredthegreat9543 i think its vastly underrated. i believe that people went into it with too high hopes, having seen lock stock and snatch its not quite them, but if you didn't know it was a guy ritchie film and just went into it, you're far more likely to enjoy it.
That's a great way to describe what makes this movie great: the texture. everything in the movie from the visuals to the writing share a texture unlike anything else when this came out
It's not a Guy Ritchie movie, but "Layer Cake" has always felt adjacent. Cool British crime movie with Daniel Craig.
Layer Cake is great 👍🏻
Layer Cake is brilliant you are right.
I've seen this movie 8 times. Will see it 8 more.
Only 8?
When this first came out, it went to video pretty quickly and I bought it just before my band went on our first European tour. One month away, proper tour bus. I think this probably got played at least twice a day.
I probably watched it about 15 times now.
Your watch it hundreds more
You should check 'Dead man's shoes' by Shane Meadows, another amazing british film maker. Great lead performance by Paddy Considine too
A bleak gut puncher that stays with you. Whilst often hilarious for macabre reasons, it was to hard to find even a tiny bit of hope in this film. A great film but hard to watch.
I think this one edges out Snatch as my favorite simply because of how amazingly well orchestrated the storytelling was, and the sheer amount of mania of the heist-gone-wrong.
IMO, they're neck and neck. Basically perfect films.
Both movies are the same, but different.
I love it.
His Sherlock Homes films have a similar style to it, capped off with great dialogues between RDJ and Jude Law.
Dam.. i didnt know that
The first one was alright
@jimmy2k4o the sequel to Sherlock Holmes?
“Is this a white cnt joke that black cnts don’t get?” Has to be one of the most British lines ever written
true and its mustard
It’s crazy that the dude who played Soap became a big time director of Eddie The Eagle & Rocketman! Can’t wait to see what he does with the Sherlock Holmes franchise.
Also played a part in band of brothers as well if I'm not mistaken
he started out as a child actor in the child actor movie "Bugsy Malone" he played Babyface
Vinnie Jones is brilliant in this one! Big Chris rules!
This is one of my most loved, most quoted films ever. Came out when I was 18. Holy shit. haha Yeah, when I saw you react to Snatch, I REALLY hoped you'd come back to this one. For your sake. haha This one was an instant classic and a real "Who the hell is this director?" moment.
I'm waay late to the comments, but the algorithm just pushed me this video. Great reactions, this really is one of the classics of British crime cinema. Some of the other films recommended by others are all good picks. You may also enjoy In Bruges, and Sexy Beast.
IIRC this film was Jason Statham's first. He was discovered by Ritchie working as a bouncer in a club and Ritchie just saw his face and thought "this is the guy I want in my movie"
Also let's not forget Jason's earlier "film" appearance in the music video "Comin' On" by The Shamen:
ruclips.net/video/uWu3JqLMImY/видео.html
Before all that, he was an Olympic diver
With hair
This film is incredibly well shot and stylised, the music score, the humour and pace of the film is very good, Lock Stock is a hugely underrated piece of cinema.
Footnote: Sting can act! Wish he would have done more.
He was also in that film about the war between Mods and Rockers wasn’t he?? I forget the name
Right lol
@@ComradeCommissarYuri Quadrophenia, as 'The Face', a.k.a. Bell Boy!!
He did do a few. Of those i've seen, Quadrophenia, The Bride & Dune as well as a couple of little cameos but i'm sure he did a few more. Not like he needs the money though is it 🤣 He probably just does stuff for mates these days. He did very well with the accent i thought.
@@sorscha1308 eh? He was just using his own accent 🤔
The bloke playing Barry the Baptist was a real life gangster, Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor.
I read his autobiography. Towards the end he spoke about discovering his joy of acting a bit too late in life because he was then diagnosed with cancer. It was a poignant end to a crazy life story.
I found him fascinating, but I couldn't shake off the fact that he was a gangster and brought untold misery to folks life.
Know hes son. Spitting image of him as well. Not as big....but still big
Such a great film. Great ensemble, amazing script and shot so beautifully. Definitely one of my favorites
100% agree on the cast my friend!
This is one of my favorite films. The character development is spot on and kind of fascinating because he does it swiftly, but you know who these people are.
Here is a weird suggestion for you, The Hood series. The films are Kidulthood (06), Adulthood (08), and Brotherhood (16). They are UK crime films but from the perspective of kids in the inner city. The first two are the best but the third is a lot of fun too. An interesting watch mostly because it's a different side of the UK that had very little media made about it at the time and through the series you see a lot of actors who went on to bigger things. The series soundtrack even helped popularise grime with a lot of the actors being UK rappers as well namely Stormzy in Brotherhood just before he became massive.
Good call.
Annuvahood was the best one
Saw this at the cinema when I was 17, was completely blown away, nothing like it before.
You have now seen all Guy Richie's best movies. However, the first Sherlock Holmes movie which he made was also very good.
rock n rolla is good no?
@@moodfm5673 I've only seen it once. I don't remember much about it.
The Guy they keep punching in the van is a traffic warden. Not a cop.
1-the Big lebowski
2-lock stock and two smoking Barrels
3-snatch
4-reservoir dogs
5-pulp fiction
6-good fellas.
Saludos de chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 my friend
He’s not a cop, he’s a parking attendant.
What a fella Vinnie Jones is "I'm the Jugunaut bitch" aye Vinnie cheers
Cheers to Vinnie 🍻
I just watched video by Guy Ritchie where he tells his story about Snatch and he talks about Vinnie Jones being Guy's and Stathams "big brother". Very good watch if you are interested. "Guy Ritchie talking about Snatch" twenty years later" in RUclips.
The cop in the back of the van is Rob Brydon a stand up comedian/presenter and actor.
Jermaine Edwards Traffic Warden..."I fuckin' hate traffic wardens"
One of my All Time Favoritre Movies!
This and Snatch! 2 amazing films, and they havent lost anything over the years...
Both movies still hold up!
If you want to see the all time greatest British gangster film then I have to point you in the direction of "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins. The actor who played Hatchet Harry has a prominent role, and the actor who played Brick Top in "Snatch" also features briefly.
Absolutely agree!!
One of the best endings to a movie. Guy Richie tortures us with that ending, under the guise of "but you get to choose how the story ends for yourself". Bastard!
Layer Cake is a good take on the Snatch and Lock Stock style.
Directed by Mathew Vaughn, Guy Ritchies producer on these films
Lenny McLean (AKA the Guvnor) who played the character ‘Barry the Baptist’ was a real life London underworld enforcer, he worked with the most powerful gangsters in London and was also a bare knuckle fighting champion. He was known as the hardest man in Britain. RIP
I actually just watched this movie for the first time today. I was on a guy richie marathon this week after i watched your snatch vid. Love your vids✌
Appreciate it!
This is my favorite Guy Ritchie film but you have to see Rock'n'Rolla to complete the Ritchie collection
I think I recommended this before, but you gotta check out Guy Ritchie's Revolver. It's experimental as hell, and one of the most bizarre movies I've ever sat through.
And though it's not a Guy Ritchie movie (Matthew Vaughn directs), check out Layer Cake, starring Daniel Craig. It's very similar in style to Ritchie's early work.
Revolver is amazing. But you have to see the UK version. They ripped out a lot of great stuff in the US version to dumb it down
Fully agree with Layer Cake.
@@nathanharrison8901 I found Revolver pretty disappointing, but I didn't know there was a different UK version and I'm sure the version I saw would have been the US version, so maybe that's the reason why... I'll have to look for the UK version!
@@randalthor741 yea they changed a lot of the 3rd act in the US version and was really dumbed down. If you get a chance to see the UK version it leaves you with a very different experience.
Wasn't Revolver conceived whilst Guy Ritchie was under Madonnas influence? I heard it was Kabbala related
Watching your reaction to this film is almost like watching this film for the first time for me! I have seen it to the point of being able to quote nearly all of it in the most irritating accent! I’m sure someone mentioned this by now, but this was Ritchie’s first film - raw, low budget, and utterly brilliant! No question it’s his best, hands down.
I had the incredible fortune to be living in South London when this film came out over there. I was 22, work/lived in a pub, and the young locals & I became fast (party) friends. They planned an outing when a few of us were off shift at the pub, and we all went to see this in the theater together. The Brits were SO excited for this film, and neither the film nor the audience disappointed. Mayhem in the theater as well as on screen. It was a legendary experience.
Here is one more detail that is incredibly f-ing cool and further ties me to this film in a big way. As I said, the pub I work/lived in was in South London. Battersea is the name of the neighborhood, so named because it was just across the - you guessed it - Battersea Bridge. Yes, that same bridge at the end of the film… which we walked across regularly and which we walked across on our way home from the film. Needless to say, everyone had a turn pretending to be Tom.
Big man who played Barry the Baptist(he worked for hatchet harry) was called Lenny McLean "the guv'nor" he was a real life hard arse. Was a bare knuckle fighter, enforcer, doorman(bouncer) met a few of hes mates...they are the ones who get me into doorwork. The stories I hear about that man.....was a beast
Just discovered your channel, you're doing a great job, keep it up !
Ok... Now you GOTTA do Rocknrolla!
Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, plus others. Great Cast!
@@gingeradventure Toby Kebbell (probably at his best), Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Jeremy Piven, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Karel Roden. Amazing cast.
And yes you were right bro, Alan Ford narrated Lock Stock and then went on to play Bricktop in Snatch. I had the pleasure of actually meeting him when I worked in a shop back in 2002 and he was just like he is on screen, with that cockney charm just obviously less aggressive 😂
My favorite Guy Ritchie film. Lets go!
Oh yeah!!
The casting for guy Richie villains is always perfect. Brick top, Rory Breaker... always have an unthreatening appearance and the threat becomes apparent through dialogue alone.
Master class
When I moved to London 4 years ago, I was living in a Hostel atop a pub. The dude who played the scruffy bearded little dude would frequent to it with a dog. He looks the same but like he has smoked 10,000 packs of cigarettes since this movie.
Man was at my door a few years back trying go borrow some shows off me....hes a size 6....I'm an 11 lol
YES! I’m so glad you reacted to this. Isn’t SOOO GOOOD!? Everything is great; music, shots, acting, script, dialogue, editing. And I’m glad you picked up on the texture and gritty filmmaking in this. It’s unpolished and yet super polished. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like a young filmmaker who wasn’t afraid to try ANYTHING and it pays off.
You did a brilliant job explaining it in my opinion!
Watch Man From UNCLE! Not quite the same style, but great movie!!!
Absolute classic filled with hilarious moments and iconic moments
My all-time favourite movie. Thank you for your reaction, mate!;)
watching this reaction video ... its been emotional
Too watch a person enjoying the Guy Richie collection is a pleasure to watch , he takes you on a ride in a rollercoaster ride without brakes . Sorry to say James you only have one film in the collection left being ... Rocknrolla
"It's me Bren gun!"
I heard about this movie when Guy Ritchie was at the MTV Movie Awards back in '99 I think? He won best new filmmaker and they showed a bunch of clips. When I was old enough, I bought it. Not rented, bought. It's been in my collection ever since. One of my favorite to throw on when I'm feeling down.
Well done, James!
So many great appearances in this, including Sting. Love this flick.
Awesome. I like this movie more than Snatch. I guess it just has a more complex story, and more british humor.
I like this more as well!
Haha,this man gets British films. Rock and Rolla & The Layer Cake are just as good as this movie. You won't be disappointed viewing either one of them. My first viewing of this film in the theater was so good,I watched it back to back in the same day. A lot of folks didn't get the dry British humor when it first came out,but to me it hilarious.
I don't know if you've been told this yet, Lenny Mclean the guy who plays Barry the Baptist in this (The huge guy) was an underground bare knuckle boxer and actually from this kinda world and known as "Britain's hardest man" and the "Guv'nor". Unfortunately he died shortly after this was made, but I always thought it was interesting that someone from the real English gangster scene was in it.
as a massive fan of this film it was a genuine pleasure to watch along with you!
Let’s sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy and the ones who love me from the ones who don’t.
Hahahaha love it
What a strange experience. I'm watching a reaction to a Guy Ritchie film with another Guy Ritchie (The Gentlemen) playing on my TV.
The barely conscious woman waking up to be an absolute badass with the machine gun was an epic moment of the film.
Happy New Year, James. Thank you for being one of the things that have helped me get through 2020. Your reactions have been a nourishing distraction from the worst of this year. May next year be better for all of us.
Amazing man. Top tier movies from Guy Ritchie. Watched Wrath of Man first then went and watched The Gentlemen, Snatch and finally Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels. Thanks for this.
Snatch was all the left over stories from the Lock Stock story building
This is one of those rare films that gets better with each viewing brilliant... 'The Business' with Danny Dyer would be a good one to react to..
This was Jason Stathom first feature film. Great movie that works like an old analogue clock. So many moving parts that rely on each other to create an incredible experience and story.
Before I went to London for the first time, this is how I imagined it.
His films are like a chaotic sitcom episode. Where all the humor is based on the chaos happening to the main characters.
In a movie full of characters, Guy Ritchie cast some ACTUAL characters in Lock Stock.....
Vinnie Jones (Big Chris) - He was a 15 year veteran of English soccer, most notably with Wimbledon. He was known as a "hard man", a tough player who played very rough.
Lenny McLean (Barry the Baptist) - Lenny was a well known bouncer and unlicensed boxer who, by his estimation, had between 2,000-3,000 unlicensed fights. He passed away shortly after Lock Stock was released in 1998.
Sting (JD, the bar owner and Eddie's father) - Former lead singer of The Police, and very accomplished solo artist.
And yes, the narrator at the beginning was the actor who played Brick Top, Alan Ford
The actor playing the chef directed the Queen biography "Bohemian Rhapsody"
The soundtrack for this film is unreal
Duuude so hyped for this. My dad showed me this well over a decade ago and I found it so interesting and fun. Happy new years! Be safe.
Dad sounds like a cool dude hahaha Happy Néw Year!
Gloria standing up with the Bren gun then that pause!! One of the best moments in film ever imo.
Check out Miller's Crossing, great film
There are moments in this movie that made me lol seriously out loud 😂🤣! Went to see it in a cinema with my sons. It was watching this that reminded me that once a Londoner always a Londoner!
The poor guy in the van wasn't a cop, he was a traffic warden. The joke is that everybody hates traffic wardens, se he keeps getting wailed on. :D
This movie is amazing
One of the finest movies of the last century, I wish Ritchie went back to these roots... 'Let me feel the fibre of your fabric...' 💰
Guy Ritchie has described Lock Stock and Snatch as being inspired by stories he would hear in gyms and pubs in the 90s. I think it's a really nice touch that the story is narrated by Alan the barman, because it gives the story the feel of one of those outlandish stories you'd hear from a barman in an East End pub
One of my all time favourite films. Lost count the amount of times I watched it. Got it on VHS and DVD.
I love your reactions. I recently watched your reaction to Snatch. Your love for cinematography is so apparent. Happy New Year & Love from the UK 💜 -x-
Great story driven by some really great dialogue. It’s so quotable! Glad you liked the movie man. Happy new year!
Saw this in A Cinema when it came out. Not expecting anything. Down memory lane. Very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing. 🎬🎥🍿
Watched the film many times, it was good watching it from your perspective.
Hit us up when restrictions allow you to travel over to the UK 👍🏽
Not sure how into computers you are, but the cinematography in Mr. Robot is on a different level.
That was a great ride, thanks James
LOVE this movie,loved your reaction 👍🏻
This movie is top 5 for sure
i love the nicknames in these Guy Ritchie movies. Barry the Baptist, because he drowns people that owe him money.
these type of nicknames are either given or earned, you can't make one for yourself.
James VS Cinema could be Jimmy Flicks or a funny one like, Silent Movie James (because you talk through the film)
If you like this film watch Layer Cake it was directed by Matthew Vaughn who was producer for Lock, Stock.
the ending shot is a nod to "The Italian Job" btw ;)
Never thought of that, but by Jove, you’re darn right!
I watched this so many times on DVD when DVDs were new tech :) so many great quotes
Soooo many quotes
I remember once I went to London to watch England and me and a few lads in high spirits but behaving were shouting /singing " Engerland" when this bloke walked out of a doorway and told us to,' shut the f**k up" There was 8 of us. He threatened the biggest lad and we just stood there in shock. And moved on. A good 10 years later im watching this film and the voice pricks my ears up.And then that " I know you feeling." Then it clicked.The Guvnor. Lenny Maclean. This film doesmt even translate the menace he exuded...
Rock n Rolla...Rock n Rolla...Rock n Rolla, keep the ride going
This and snatch were the most quoted films growing up - the funniest 2 films in British cinema history and will never be topped IMO.
Some gritty uk film that are a must watch is the business, football factory, this is england, dead mans shoes. The firm. Theres plenty more that's just off the to top my head.
This is in my top 10 movies ever. The comedy, the script , the soundtrack and as a Brit this was guy Ritchie original
Definitely in my top 10 of all times
Bit late to the party here, but loved your reaction, also props for the La'Haine shout out - thought I was the only person outside of france to have seen that. (If you like that, have you seen Crimson Rivers & Empire of the Wolves? firkin great films)
28:03 In case you didn’t catch it that’s the singer Sting, from The Police.
Roxanne!
Brilliant movie reaction. Have to say loving the show. I remember watching this movie when it came out and having the same reaction. You should definitely try Layer Cake, its was directed by Matthew Vaughn, the Producer of Lock stock and Snatch. You can see alot of the great elements from these films In Layer Cake.