Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Steven Mackintosh and Sting, with Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham in their feature film debuts.

Plot

Long-time friends and small-time London criminals Eddie, Tom, Soap, and Bacon put together £100,000 so that Eddie, a genius card sharp, can participate in one of "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale's high-stakes three-card brag games. The game ultimately ends up being rigged and the quartet wind up owing £500,000 to Harry, who assigns his debt collector Big Chris to ensure that the quartet pay it within a week. Chris visits Eddie's father JD, who rejects Harry's true intentions of acquiring his bar to pay off the debt.