![]() Rory threatens Nick into giving him Eddie's address and tasks one of the growers, Winston, to identify the robbers. Rory agrees to buy the cannabis at half price but two of his men visit the house of the growers, discover that they have been robbed and the cannabis he just bought has been stolen from his own growers. They transfer the loot to their own van and return home, knocking out the warden and dumping him by the road before arranging for Nick to fence the drugs to violent gangster Rory Breaker. ![]() Eddie and his friends ambush them and escape in the van containing the cannabis and the warden. Tom buys the shotguns from Nick (both unaware of their true value), for use in the plan.ĭog's gang execute their heist, and despite a gang member's death by his own Bren gun and an incriminating encounter with a traffic warden, they succeed, returning with a duffel bag full of money and a van loaded with bags of cannabis. He tells the other three and they decide to rob the neighbours after they return from their heist. Meanwhile Eddie returns home and overhears his neighbours, a gang of robbers led by a brutal man called "Dog", planning a heist on some cannabis growers loaded with cash and drugs. After the incompetent thieves unwittingly sell them to Nick "the Greek", a local fence, Barry threatens them into retrieving the guns. Harry sends his debt collector Big Chris to Eddie's father JD, since Harry's true intention is to acquire JD's bar in payment of the debt.Īlso interested in two expensive antique Holland & Holland shotguns up for auction, Harry gets his enforcer Barry "the Baptist" to hire two thieves, Gary and Dean, to steal them from a bankrupt lord. The game, however, is rigged and they wind up owing £500,000 to Harry, to be paid within a week. Long-time friends and small-time London criminals Eddie, Tom, Soap, and Bacon put together £100,000 so that Eddie, a card sharp, can participate in one of "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale's high-stakes three-card brag games. It was also a commercial success, grossing over $28 million at the box office against a $1.35 million budget.Ī British television series, Lock, Stock., followed in 2000, running for seven episodes including the pilot. The film brought Ritchie international acclaim and introduced former Wales international footballer Jones and former diver Statham to worldwide audiences. ![]() ![]() 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 story describes a heist involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three-card brag. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Steven Mackintosh and Sting, with Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham in their feature film debuts. ![]()
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