Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

From NetFlix:

Eddie (Nick Moran) is usually slick with a deck of cards, but
after losing at a fixed table for London high rollers, he’s in
massive debt to a local porn kingpin (P.H. Moriarty). Eddie’s
irate father (Sting) refuses to hand over his bar to save his son’s
fingers, leaving Eddie and his friends few options. To come out
ahead, they craft a heist to steal the money from the criminals
next door — with overblown results.

This older film is still funny. The violence from beginning to end is that kind of exaggerated
nonsense not to be taken seriously. Not everybody appreciates that frame of mind (including
wife Kathy). This is basically many gangs that can’t shoot straight. There are many ironic
turns of events. The dialog sparkles. The British dialects are just plain fun. Ends with one
of the best cliff-hangers I have ever seen.

You also get to see some of today’s stars when they were just starting their careers:
Jason Statham, Stephen Mackintosh. Also Sting has a role. Lenny McLean died of lung
and brain cancer.

No ugly or upsetting sights.

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