People are always going on about how the Coen brothers and Tarintino have the edge when it comes to mixing violence and snappy black comedy together. It's alright if you are one of these people. However if I were to place my hard earned money on a gritty modern farce I would go for Lock Stock and Two Smokin' Barrels anyday of the week. This is Guy Riche's first film and many people would probably say his best (could it be because it was before he meet Madonna?) Riche knows how to pace this film, introducing a whole bunch of characters who seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other apart from the fact they are members of London's seedy underground. The as the tension rises so does the hilarity as it swings from caper, to suspence to comedy without a hint of mood whiplash. The end is gut wrentchingly aweful and hilarious at the same time and you can't help but feel that Karma has a sense of irony. This film is the oringinal Italian Job meets Pulp Fiction.
Farce, violence and dark hilarious humour
People are always going on about how the Coen brothers and Tarintino have the edge when it comes to mixing violence and snappy black comedy together. It's alright if you are one of these people. However if I were to place my hard earned money on a gritty modern farce I would go for Lock Stock and Two Smokin' Barrels anyday of the week. This is Guy Riche's first film and many people would probably say his best (could it be because it was before he meet Madonna?) Riche knows how to pace this film, introducing a whole bunch of characters who seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other apart from the fact they are members of London's seedy underground. The as the tension rises so does the hilarity as it swings from caper, to suspence to comedy without a hint of mood whiplash. The end is gut wrentchingly aweful and hilarious at the same time and you can't help but feel that Karma has a sense of irony. This film is the oringinal Italian Job meets Pulp Fiction.