A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
If Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is belonging and loyalty under pressure. The world both films live in revolves around class and money, corrupt institutions, and poverty. The feel is the same: dark comedy, chaotic, relentless, and escalating.
What ties these together is loyalty under pressure. Both circle the same ground: class and money, corrupt institutions, and poverty. The feel is the same: dark comedy, tense, erratic, and escalating.
What ties these together is loyalty under pressure. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and class and money. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, tense, and escalating.
Like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, this one is rooted in loyalty under pressure, belonging, and the family you choose. They share the same lens on class and money and poverty. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, warm, escalating, and erratic.
