R | 1h 58min | Action, Thriller | 7 May 2021 (USA) What makes a Guy Ritchie movie unique? They tend to star world-class cinematic butt-kicker Jason Statham. Ritchie and Statham’s extended collaboration kicked off in 1998 with “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” followed by “Snatch” and “Revolver.” What else is unique? They tend to be about the seedy, seamy, low-class, British crime underworld. And they’re very funny. It’s a brutally hilarious genre; it’s not the upper-class twits portrayed by Monty Python, but it’s related by way of Americans enjoying thuggish-looking Brit actors saying funny things in Cockney accents. These are movies that tough guys (make that: guys with no inclination whatsoever to question their gender identity) like to watch; spit beer through their noses, and slap their knees. I’m all for it—big Ritchie fan here—forgoing, of course (and conceding), the argument that all such violent, wacky tales about …
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