Review of Lock Stock and Smoking Barrels

In this review, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' director, Guy Ritchie is seemingly mimicking Quentin Tarantino's work, yet the film refers to films such as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Whats' more, the article states how British films being shown across the Atlantic have mixed reviews. Though this article states how the film 'relies heavily on ironic plot twists', making it more suspenseful and engaging for an American audience.

In response to comedy, the film is more is more comical and gives constructed representations of British people, as the way in which the story unfolds is both expected and unanticipated, which enhances the comic flavor. What's more, the article advocates the film's plot twists, as 'the movie manages to be unpredictable, and it never loses its sense of humor'. In this way, British comedy films are successful and reflect public opinion of crime with the accurate representations of British gangsters and the British criminal underworld. Many caper comedies have a tendency to run out of steam before the final act; that isn't the case here, and the coup de grace is impeccable.

The sheer comic essence of the film is cited through the use of dialogue, as signified in the film, as '...one character remarks that he expected an easy job not "a bad day in Bosnia." In addition, '...another individual, quoting a line attributed to Winston Churchill, comments that "golf is the perfect way to spoil a good walk.") Therefore, the use of British humour appeals to more than just a British audience, as the American audience identify with the characters and the fact that most of the characters get gratifications out of violence and use witty criticsms to mock their situation.

As well as this, the film's cast manage to successful represent the typical British gangsters to a finer degree, as echoed in the review, '...everyone does a solid job essaying one of the various inept thugs or criminals'.

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