In my opinion a great return to form for Guy Ritchie. I love Lock Stock and Snatch and this is definetely in that genre. Darker than the other two movies for sure, this was a treat to watch, especially tough for the non-English to understand the accents. Gerard butler (one two) is basically Jason Statham (Turkish in Snatch) and Nick Moran (Eddie in lock stock) who runs with shady folk that the audience loves because they are 'geezers' and you guessed it, they get in the usual sort of pickle with a nasty bastard mob boss who likes to dispense with people that piss him off (this time it is a 'lucky' painting that replaces the diamond as the object of affection). It is very witty of course - I particularly liked the crazy Russians that wont die (like 2 Snatch-like Borises). Thandie Newton is definetely a great addition as Stella that hot lawyer- interesting considering how lacking of a female main character the other movies were (except perhaps 'me mah' who loved caravans in perywinkle blue in Snatch). There is a class scene where she dances in a fashion that puts Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction to shame.
Now you could argue that it is a bit samey as the other 2 movies, but hey, that is what I was in the mood for when I watched this and overall I give it 8 out of 10 on the Thomas Scale.
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