I was at the premier of this film in London. All the main actors refused to watch themselves on screen and proceeded to get drunk in the bar. I was serving them.
The car door head slamming scene for me is one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen. The pain and frustration Vinny Jones conveyed in that few seconds is legendary.
First time seeing this film was in ‘99, in college. Between Vinny Jones’ acting and the music behind it thinking for sure that Little Chris was dead, I almost lost it.
iv always perfered this one over snatch. Don't get me wrong, snatch is absolutely great, but this one just pips it for me. Not to mention it had a fraction of the budget, which i suppose in a way allows it to have a different vibe
Such a good time watching your reactions. I highly recommend Layer Cake if you haven't watched that. Not a Guy Ritchie movie but a great British gangster flick with a great cast.
The Gentlemen is Guy Ritchie's most recent masterpiece that came out in 2019. Also, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a very good film of his as well about 4 years prior.
@haveaniceday7016 A 7.8/10 with 350k votes on imdb tells me the majority who saw this, loved it. It was an awesome flick. You didn't enjoy it, OK you didn't like it. As for "far-fetched", you think Snatch was not lol. 'Boris the Blade' getting slammed by that car blind-folded then takes another 6 or 7 rounds to the body to finally die. Yeah, Guy Ritchie movies will have that and if it's not for you, then move and let those who enjoy them.....enjoy them.
@Have a nice day i would agree with you but then we would both be wrong :) The Gentlemen is freaking brilliant. Then again, people like different things so its all good!
@Have a nice day just because you agree with your mates on that, it's not an objective fact. Quality does not equal "appeal to the taste of the highest amount of different people" (neither can you say that it's the polar opposite). All of Ritchie's movies have a slightly different vibe, but I find them all great.
Hi guys, really enjoying your channel. If you're on a bit of a roll on British cinema of the 90s and 00's, I really recommend Trainspotting... It is a classic in so many ways, featuring a young 'young' Obi Wan Kenobe amongst others...
It's a tough call but I probably agree. Something about the darker gritter style of Lock Stock does it for me and Frank Harper who plays Dog is hilarious in everything.
Geezer is a slang term for a man not a gangster. In the UK, it is used most often to refer simply to a man, e.g. "some geezer was here earlier", and less often as a complimentary phrase, e.g. "he is a proper geezer".
Couple recommendations from British cinema: This is England (2006), a somewhat dark but very personal tale about the lives of troubled youths in the 1980s amid the conflux of white working class Britain, West Indies immigration and far-right politics. And Quadrophenia (1979), which is again about troubled youths but this time it's mods and rockers popping pills and battling on the pebble beaches of Brighton in the 1960s. It's set to a soundtrack by The Who with cinematography by the late great Brian Tufano (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Billy Elliot).
This is England and dead mans shoes are two of the best of the last twenty years Shane Meadows is a genius everything he does is Gold all his work is quality
Literally just completed watching all the shows and film for the first time. Rlly got invested in the characters Joe Gilgun (Woody) is a very underrated actor im my opinion
UK in the 90s for britpop was very sepia/yellow filters. If you checkout all the britpop album covers and music videos at that time that was an overriding theme. Sort of like the purple pink orange smokey gradient is all the rage now
The actor who played Barry 'The Baptist' was a legit organised crime enforcer. Hence, he was well suite to the role. Despite this, he was always admired as a perfect gent.
Mafia you shouldn't have let Madness talk you out of it, this film is equally as good as Snatch and this film made Richie. Pit did Snatch only because of lock stock and he did it for almost nothing just because he wanted to be in such an artful brilliant film. This film deserves a 10 out of 10 especially given that it cost only £1m to produce and the story of how it got made.
Hey guys just found your channel and love it, since your watching these films don't for get Revolver I know it's not British but it's a complete banger oh and rock and rolla which is British :) have fun guys !
Fun fact: Vinnie Jones was playing professional football (soccer) whilst filming this, if I remember correctly sometimes they had to prospone or move to shoot vinnies scenes around his matches and training.
For more Cockney villains from the past you ought to see the '60's 'The Italian Job' with Michael Caine if you haven't already. 'The Gentlemen' was a more recent Guy Ritchie that was decent. Anything by Edgar Wright has great editing.
i think i proposed this masterpiece on the snatch video so good shout had a friend of a friend that worked on this movie and she said that a little unknown secret about sexy beast is...ITS ALL STRUCTURED ON EYE CONTACT...when you watch it again you'll enjoy it even more as the eye contact is just as much a story telling aspect as the dialogue....little hint for you, watch who don doesn't like making eye contact with n get back to me with your take on it......'yeah ill put it out, aslong as i can use you eye as an ash tray' ;) in my top 5 best movies ever n no one hardly knows about this gem
The guy that plays Barry the Baptist is Lenny "the Governor" McClean one of the legends of barenuckle boxing and a legit terrifying villain in his day. Also that accent gets a solid 4/10 much better than most efforts I've heard.
07:25 It is probably quite deliberate that the cards he has are 1066. 1066 was the battle of Hastings It was a victory of French/Norman king William (the Conqueror) who defeated Harold(English/Saxon king) and this was the birth of the Establishment we have today. It lead to things like "the Doomsday book" which was an inventory of the entire of Britain. This date is as famous to peeps in the UK as 1776 is to USA folk. The English king Edward "the Confessor" died in January of 1066, he died without an Heir. This created a bit of a sh*tstorm, but eventually Harold was crowned king. Many of England's enemies tried to invade (including Harolds brother another King/claim to be king). Harold had defeated Tostig (hos Bro) and another Viking King in the North of England. Both of his enemies had died in the battle in the north. William invaded in the south only a few days later. Meaning Harold and his army had to march down south again to face William. Harold lost the battle and died. The poker playing Protagonist is Eddie. This is no coincidence(Edward the Confessor?). It is fore shadowing Eddies fall and also hinting that they will face more than one enemy in the process, Genius little touch there. Very subtle but brilliant edit: Just realised that "Hatchet" Harry could be represented by Harold dying as well, or even The Viking king defeated in the North who was called Harald Hadrada
That is true but the expression "Dodgy Geezer" is ubiquitous... hence its connection to crime. Remember Chris Jackson from The Fast Show? "I'm a little bit weerrrr, a little bit weeeeeey, a little bit dodgy! I'm a geezer... I'll nick anything, me!"
If you guys haven't seen it, I highly recommend you watch the film by Shane Meadows... "Dead Man's Shoes". It's slower paced than this, but when it ramps up, whoo boy. Dark and gritty, but with more elements of realism than Guy Richie's work. Both directors are brilliant in their own right, different styles, but sometimes touch on related themes.
@@hardestmanalive6988 bloke knew every gangster in london pretty much, and they all respected him, if the krays are worried about pissing you off, then your as good as gangster
Quite a few big names in this brilliant movie - and of course you recognised Sting playing JD the pub landlord, right? This movie was, of course, Vinnie Jones's first movie role, filmed the same year he left his professional 15-year National and International soccer career behind.
Rock n Rolla continues the Guy Ritchie ganster saga then the more recent The Gentleman. Another great piece of British underworld is Layer Cake which solidified Daniel Craig for his Bond role. LEGEND the story of the notorious Kray twins, both of which played by Tom Hardy
Do you guys know the classic 1969 The Italian Job? I've always felt the final shot in Lock Stock is intended as a reference/homage, what do you reckon?
So the scene where Vinnie Jones is doing some brain surgery with the car door wasn't supposed to have the sound fadded out like that. However there was an issue with the recording equipment and he was so amped up that Guy Ritchie didn't want to ask him to shoot it again. So they just phased up the music.
I'm "Sarf" London born and bred and the accent's okay. Creeps into Aussie a couple of "toimes" but not awful. Sounds like Hugh Grant from "The Gentleman". Better than Don Cheadle in Ocean's 11 😂
Barry the baptist was reputed to be the hardest man in Britain, 1000s of bare Knuckle fights and unlicensed boxing, fighting other ridiculously hard men.
One guy is reacting, commenting. The other is watching a movie. I prefer the former in this type of video. He is teaching me things while I am watching it. The other guy is like looking at my friend watch a movie in his living room.
1:13 dude that is pretty good, there was only 1 sound the US accent slipped through, that's a kind of London/Essex accent you did there, most of the UK sounds quite different to that though, but I have to give it to you, that was pretty good
This is England is a must to the comment that mentioned, you should check Rise of the Footsoldier also based on Essex Range Rover murders from Carlton leachs perspective. And i highly suggest: ill manors, produced and directed by Ben drew who is also a rapper/singer that goes by plan b. These are a uk cult classic you must do, Kidulthood, Adulthood, and brotherhood in that order. There’s a couple spin offs like anuvahood. 🔥
Quick point of information: the reason he bid so heavily on the pair of 6s was because they were playing "Three Card Brag" rather than poker - in other words they only had 3 cards in hand and no shared cards. So with only 3 cards to play with a middling pair is actually quite strong.
The guy responsible for the awesome shots was Tim Maurice Jones, who is also the guy having his head held under the water by 'the Baptist' at the beginning of the movie. He also appears briefly in Snatch (in the gem heist scene at the beginning).
I'm a big guy Ritchie fan and I hated it lol. Some sequences were amazing like the opening and the phone chase down but it was so boring and overly drawn out. I didn't think the wife and the Asian guy were interesting at all I just didn't care.
