Three friends help bankroll a forth for a high stakes game of poker, but when the friend loses the fixed game, they have to come up with 1/2 mil in a week or the friends father loses his bar.

Guy Richie directs this tale of four small time crooks who get into trouble with a much bigger crook. Its a story about the criminal underworld of London and the characters that live in it.

While there are many recognizable names in the movie, two that stand out are Vinnie Jones in his first movie, and Jason Statham, also in his first movie. Both are utterly convincing, Jones as a violent psycho, and Statham as a shifty pretty criminal.

This is a violent, funny and witty movie. It doesn’t beat around the bush when beating up the bush is on the menu. With plot twists that spin back and forth, the viewer doesn’t know what is happening until the end.

A great gangster movie, one that started off a mini revival in the British criminal movie.