Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Steetwise charmer and cardshark Eddy (Nick Moran) walks into the biggest card game of his life carrying a stake backed by the life-savings of his three best mates, Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham) and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). Eddy is the sharpest player on the circuit but the game is a set-up. and Eddy leaves owing underworld boss "Hatchet" Harry (P.H. Moriarty) half a million. Harry gives Eddy a week to come up with the money before he starts taking fingers as collateral. Eddy's dad, JD (Sting) can cancel the debt by handing over his bar, lock, stock and barrel to his old adversary, Harry. DJ refuses to give in, feeling his street-tough son can get himself out of his own messes. So, while Harry sends a couple of petty crooks to steal a pair of antique shotguns to add to his collection, Eddy and his mates plan a caper that will enable them to pay off Harry and make out like bandits! In a comedy of errors, and a helter-skelter ride through London's gangland, the guns, cash, drugs and identities become all mixed up as a full complement of London's lowlife get involved in a melee which even all their menace can't handle. Full of energy and surprising twists at every turn. It's a rollicking comedy that has it all, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
Mean Machine
From the producer of Snatch comes this rousing, rough-and-tumble story that shows spirit and heart can exist in the most unlikely places... and in the most unlikely men.
Ex-soccer star Danny Meehan (vinnie Jones) was sitting on top of the world ... until a sports-fixing scam ruined his career and an assault charge landed him in jail. When the prison's soccer-crazed warden (David Hemmings) asks Danny to coach the guards' soccer team, Danny counters with another idea: a match between the guards and the convicts. For the inmates, it's the dream of a lifetime: a dirty-no-holds-barred chance to face the malicious guards. But first, Danny must turn a group of muderers, thieves and madmen into something unthinkable: a team. Based on the film classic The Longest Yard, Mean Machine scores with its lineup of gritty action, colorful characters and hilarious comedy.
The Boondock Saints
Thou Shalt Not Kill. It's the one commandment they cannot keep. Tough, stylish and extreme, fans of "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" will thrill to the action, intensity and intelligence of this moder day morality taile written in blood. Starring Willem Dafoe "The English Patient,' Sean Patrick Flanery "Powder" and Norman Reedus "8mm."
When the sadistic Russian mob starts muscling in on their South Boston Irish neighborhood, Connor and Murphy McManus know what must be done. Feeling that the vengeance of God is flowing through their veins, they set out to rid the streets of gangsters, criminals and lowlifes. As the body count rises, the brothers become local heroes. Now, one unorthodox FBI agent must be cunning enough to bring them down.
Intacto
Considered "lucky" aafter he survives a plane crash, a bank thief is recruited into an underground gambling ring where death and luck intermingle. This critically acclaimed thriller ventures into the world of thoes blessed with fortune and the gamblers who bet high stakes just to feel the rush of fate's hand. Who will chance smile on this time? Who will have the odds in their favor? Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, Minority Report) stars as the ringleader who has the power to steal other peoples's luck and will stop at nothing to do it. Jam-packed with twists and turns, Intacto will leave you guessing till the very end!
fhew I havent typed that much in a long time. If i have to rank the 4 movies above to my likeing I would have to place
The Boondock Saints as #1
lock, stock and Two Smoking Barrels as #2
Mean Machine as #3
Intacto as #4
Anyways I never hear anyone ever talk about these movies, I find them to be pretty good.
Great scene. I'm surprised someone here knows this movie.
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