''That's his favourite painting, his...his lucky painting...''
In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs, naturally attraction the attention of some of the city's scrappiest tough guys (Butler, Elba) its more established underworld players (Wilkinson), and others -- all of whom are looking to get rich quick.
Even though I liked it, I thought it would be better than this. I guess I'm still hoping with each of his movies that Guy Ritchie will blow me away like he did with 'Snatch' but I'm afraid it won't happen any time soon... Anyway, it is still a rather enjoyable and entertaining movie. For example, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Strong really stole the show and made me laugh throughout the whole thing. On t... read more
Description:Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local pettLenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.... (more)(less)
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DIRECTED BY ~Guy Ritchie
─ Johnny : No need to worry just yet, boys. They're not going to do it while we're standing in the lift. Because then they'd have to carry the corpses to the cars, and that seems too much like hard work. In about two minutes there, Danny boy there is gonna turn and pop me two in the head, then one in the throat just to be sure. You shouldn't have brought me here, fellas, you're just going to end up as witnesses. Once they've "dealt" with us, they will put our corp"
"1. Dialogue Clip: People Ask the Question
2. I'm a Man - Black Strobe
3. Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics
4. Dialogue Clip: No School Like the Old School
5. Bank Robber - The Clash
6. Trip - Kim Fowley
7. Dialogue Clip: Slap Him!
8. Ruskies
9. Outlaw - War
10. Waiting for a Train - Flash and the Pan
11. Dialogue Clip: Junkies
12. Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways
13. Gun - Lou Reed
14. Stomp - The Hives
15. We Had Love - Scientists
16. Dialogue Clip: Sausage & Beans
17. Mirror in the Bathroom - "
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Director: Guy Ritchie
Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a loca"
"Watched on the 13th
I love these Guy Ritchie that don't take themselves too seriously but are still a really good watch, like; Snatch and Lock Stock. This one I'd been meaning to see for a while. It wasn't as good as those other two but still really fun and action packed. I thought Gerard Butler was actually pretty good, as well as the rest of the cast.
The story was pretty typical of a film like this but still enjoyable and the two veteran hitmen were hilarious.
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