Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Brief Information

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime comedy thriller film written and directed 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 Wales international footballer, and Jason Statham, a former street merchant, to worldwide audiences.

A television series, Lock, Stock..., followed in 2000, running for seven episodes including the pilot.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels News

• Vinnie Jones: I've had three skin cancer operations this year
• Vinnie Jones to guest star on CBS' 'Elementary'
• Guy Ritchie gets engaged to model Jacqui Ainsley
• Jacqui Ainsley and Guy Ritchie having their second child