Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

One of the films I was suggested when I reviewed Guy Ritchie's Snatch was the director's first feature film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I was told it shared a lot of similarities with the aforementioned and, knowing nothing other than that, almost a year later I gave it a shot. And right now I'm regretting not watching it earlier because it is an entertaining, fun and exciting feast of dark humour and crime.

Snatch (2000)

Despite having seen and enjoyed both Sherlock Holmes films — I did see them many years ago so it’s possible my opinion would change if I were to rewatch them —, the dreadful King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was enough to make of Guy Ritchie a filmmaker to stay away from. Reason why, despite having over the years heard nothing but good if not great things about it, I never bothered to watch Snatch. But I should have because those weren’t just rumours, Guy Ritchie’s is the charming, funny and exciting crime comedy everyone says it is.