Cast your minds back 25 years, when Cher’s ‘Believe’ was the biggest hit of the year and Nokia dominated the mobile phone market. These were simpler times. They also happened to better times, at least from a movie perspective. We had The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, There’s Something About Mary and American History X. 1998 also saw the release of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, arguably the best British gangster movie of the 1990s, maybe even all-time.
For some unfathomable reason, the Hatfield-born director, producer and screenwriter opted to ‘branch out’ and try his hand at making different types of movies
Guy Ritchie’s debut feature, which celebrates its 25th birthday at the weekend, had it all: gangsters, guns, great jokes, and a compelling plot. Two years later, working with almost identical ingredients, Ritchie released Snatch, another fantastic movie. Since then, however, Ritchie has struggled to make anything of genuine significance. He certainly hasn’t made anything that remotely rivals his two masterpieces. What
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