Speaking of black humor-style movies, I have to mention the "Two Smokers" directed by British director Guy Ritchie. The film shows a ridiculous robbery, which can be called an absolute benchmark in this field.
For more than 20 years, "Two Smoking Guns" has been imitated and never surpassed. Director Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" is a satisfactory answer, but it still lacks the charm of "Two Big Smokers". Even Guy Ritchie himself couldn't reproduce the success of "Two Smoking Guns". "Stealing and Robbery" is already very good, but still lacks the ingenuity and surprise of the former.
What is black humor? The bizarre story and the absurdity of the style can reflect black humor. In "Two Smoking Guns", the screenwriter uses multi-line narratives to form an intricate network of characters. Everyone does things that are beneficial to them, but nothing Thinking of the hidden secret behind the incident, I finally wrote a wonderful story that is both laughable and laughable. However, the film has many forces and chaotic characters. In the first half of the film, I have been immersed in facial blindness and can't help myself. So today we use the form of chapter style to deconstruct the chaotic character lines in "Two Smoking Guns".
Let's take a look at the characters in this case:
The first is the absolute protagonist of the film-the "Four Gentlemen of London", that is, the four gangsters. From left to right: Ed, Soap, Bacon and Tom. These four people often gather for activities, saying good or bad, and saying bad is not bad. With good luck, they played a leading role in the whole case.
Then there was Harry. He was a veritable big man, powerful and powerful, and he opened a sex shop, cruel, and famous in London.
Harry's partner, Barry, not only sits in Harry's office to help Harry deal with matters, but also often collects debts for Harry as a thug, and is a trusted assistant of Harry.
Two dumb thieves hired by Harry to steal things, the one on the right is named Gary, and the one on the left is my name. In addition to their lack of IQ and recklessness, they also contributed to this wonderful robbery. The specific circumstances will be mentioned below.
Then came Winston from the third camp. He had a kind face and made his fortune by growing marijuana. He also had a few partners who didn't exist.
Then came the black Joey, who looked funny but was actually a ruthless character. He controlled the "scientists" who grow marijuana on it.
Among the most brutal but hapless thugs in this film, Doug, the third from the left, is the leader of them. These people have no choice but to conquer money, but their combat experience is worrisome.
Nick, the "Greek", didn't take part in this case personally. He was mainly mixed up in the image of a supplier.
The big Chris, who made a fortune in a muffled voice, was hired by Harry, but he was not just a simple affiliation, but a scavenger-like role in the film.
First of all, let us see what they have experienced from the perspective of the four low-ranking and young punks.
At the beginning, I explained the background of these people with stop-motion animation: Becken is not satisfied with the proceeds from reselling the stolen goods, and wants to change careers to become rich; Ed is good at observing words and colors, and is a good gambling player; Tom is very business-minded and well-versed. ; Soap is not involved in criminal activities and is a cook with a story. This group of people didn't want to continue their life as a gangster, and tried to break through themselves, so they saved money and prepared to send Ed to Harry's game. These people bought a new house, but by mistake, they moved to the next door of Doug's gang.
When the day of gambling arrived, Ed went into the casino, and the remaining few went to the tavern to wait for the good news (when I went in, I saw a man full of fire rushing out). This bet started at tens of thousands of pounds, which was very expensive, but Ed lived up to expectations and stood at the end after many people were eliminated. Faced with Harry in the end, Harry kept raising the bet, and Ed refused to admit defeat and followed closely behind. In the end, the amount of money reached 500,000 pounds. Harry lent him money to place a bet. As a result, Ed was defeated and was told Pay 500,000 debts within a week, otherwise his dad's tavern will change ownership. Ed left the casino in a daze, feeling that everything seemed unreal like a dream. After going out, Barry told him to chop their fingers without paying the money.
When Ed came to the tavern, several friends, friends and friends were looking forward to it. They saw Ed’s nightmare expression and knew that they owed a huge sum of money overnight. Ed told them that the debt was shared equally by the three of them. If they didn't pay the money, they would have finished playing. Beacon knew that Harry had used a dildo to beat a person to death, and he knew that Harry was not a joke.
The next day, these people were in dire straits, feeling anxious and completely out of ideas. Tom proposed a good way to sell dildos, but it didn't work at all.
Eddy went home in despair. By chance, he heard that Doug and the gang next door were about to stab Winston's lair. They had a plan to tell his friends. He was going to take advantage of Doug's going out to rob and lie in their home. He would come to a gangster and deprive them of their property directly. It is very likely that they would be worth 500,000 yuan. When the three heard that there was no other way, they simply agreed.
So everyone was busy preparing for this event. Tom bought two glamorous shotguns from Nick for only a few hundred pounds, and hoped that Nick would sell the stolen goods (marijuana) they got to Roy. Soap found a few knives, and published the famous conclusion that "guns can only pretend, and masters use knives", and everyone's hair is terrified.
That day, Doug and his group drove away in the van. Ed and the group sneaked into the house, put on hoods, and held cigarettes. After a while, Doug and his party returned with a full load, but they were caught in front of them. They had just been fascinated by the sight of their guns, and they were "righteous on the spot" one by one, and then witnessed their efforts. The goods were taken away. Ed and his party really had no experience, put their guns there, and left with their car keys.
The action was surprisingly smooth. They found a large amount of cash, a lot of marijuana and a stunned traffic police in the car. After returning home to check the goods, I found that there was more than enough to pay back the debts. Overjoyed, I went to the pub for a night out.
Sure enough, these few people took the money and drove around. They didn’t know that stupid people had a silly blessing. They found corpses everywhere when they returned home. There was just a gang fight in their home, and the one lying there was led by Roy. Black thugs and Doug's little soldiers. The four of them didn't know what happened, they were shocked. They didn't expect this robbery to cause such an uproar in the arena. The money is gone, the gun is gone, and the four of them don't know where to go.
Ed received a call from Harry, demanding that the debt be repaid as soon as possible and came to him to talk to him. These people had no choice but to go there. Tom and Ed went up to check, but they didn’t expect the situation to be exactly the same as before. There were a few dead bodies in the room. Harry, who just called him, was dead, and seemed to kill him alone. These big men are two small soldiers. The two of them don’t know what’s going on. They were dead everywhere they went today. Fortunately, the money and guns were all on the table. There was no proof, so there was no need to pay back. Ed took the money and ran away while Tom stayed to debug the shotgun. .
As soon as Ed got back into the car, he was rear-ended by the car behind. The one who came was Big Chris. After the latter had dealt with his personal grievances (mentioned below), he wanted to greet the car in front, but saw Ed’s huge amount of fortune, so he took it without any effort. . After going upstairs, he saw a pile of corpses, and Tom was holding his two big smoke guns at him (actually the guns were not loaded at all). The two reached a consensus and left separately, Tom took the gun, and Chris took the money, just not seeing it.
The turmoil of ability gradually subsided. Due to the certification given by the traffic police who was knocked out, none of these people was guilty (he did not see these people), and they were released after being detained for a few days. At this time Ed's father said to him, "You should be thankful that you are still alive now."
Ed found his friend, his friend, and learned that Tom hadn't thrown away the two cheap smoke guns, and urged him to throw them into the river because they might be the only evidence they left. As soon as Tom left, Chris came to the door. He said, "I was excited about the whole process." As a result, I opened it and saw nothing. There was only an introduction book about two big smoke guns. It mentioned that the market price of these two guns was about hundreds of thousands of pounds. The smile gradually solidified, so I quickly called Tom who was throwing the gun. The scene was very chaotic for a while.
On the other side, Tom was approaching the river and threw two guns down, but they didn't throw them into the water. He went down with the phone in his mouth, and when he was hanging on the bridge with a gun in his hand, the phone rang in his mouth. People, phones, guns, are caught in a dilemma. Guy Ritchie left an open ending like this.
This is the character clue of the Four Gentlemen of London. Obviously there are many unreasonable points. After all, this is only one of so many character lines. Let's take another look at what happened to the big man Harry, Barry and the two dumb thieves.
Harry is a self-made businessman who runs a popular sex shop. He has a typical businessman's mindset. Cheaper can account for a little bit. He often lends money to usury, leaving many people in debt. Barry is his bodyguard, his thugs, and his secretary, sitting across from Harry's office, and the two often talk to each other.
This time Harry fell in love with Ed’s father’s tavern, and wanted to do everything possible to get it. It happened that Ed wanted to come to his gambling game, so he discussed with Barry and prepared to trick it away in the gambling game. .
At the same time, Harry heard that an old jazz named Epton had two antique smoking guns ready for auction. Harry fell in love with these two big guys, but didn't want to spend money to buy them, so Bally hired two super skilled. The thief went to his house and stole the gun.
Bally was careless and found the two stupid thieves above, who didn't even know what an antique was. Barry let them enter the house at night, and then take them forcibly, holding all the valuables, but only to return the two shotguns to him. The two agreed.
On the same day, Harry's gambling and the stupid thieves began at the same time. Harry placed a camera behind Ed, and Barry observed from behind the computer to remind Harry Ed’s points. Everyone knows the rest. Harry won a lot of money through improper means and successfully transferred the 500,000 debts to Ed's head. Harry didn't know at this moment that his cleverness now would cause him to die miserably in the near future.
At the same time, two dumb thieves sneaked into the house of the jazz. After completing the task, Gary insisted on burning the soles of the family's feet and forcing them to surrender their property. At this time, an old butler almost knocked Gary's head off with a shotgun. The old housekeeper was subdued, and Gary was seriously frightened.
After they finished their jobs, the two people called Barrie. At the time, Barrie was still playing the gambling game. He didn’t have time to talk to them. They hung up after knowing that they had got two pipes. They didn’t care about their personal safety at all. The stupid thief with a temper is very annoyed. So they sold the two expensive shotguns to Nick at a super low price, after all, they didn't know the goods. Later, Nick sold the gun to Tom, so there is no need to say more about the rest.
Two days later, Bally went to inspect the goods, and it turned out that the two men had seized some worthless guns and ammunition, and the two really valuable smoke guns were sold for a few hundred pounds. Barry was furious and told them to retrieve the two guns quickly, otherwise they would chop their fingers.
Harry didn't participate in the robbery, until the next day after the gang rushed, Big Chris gave Harry the two pipes and the Winston's money. Harry called Ed and asked him to come quickly.
Little did they know that the two dumb thieves were always paying attention to Big Chris' every move. They saw Big Chris enter Harry's office with a gun (they didn't know this was the residence of their boss), and they were going to grab the two guns. So the two men entered Harry’s office with long guns and short cannons. At this time, Chris had already left. Harry was holding a shotgun and shot the unknown stupid thief on the spot (he didn’t recognize it as The thief he hired). Seeing that his best friend was shot down by someone, Gary fully awakened, and rushed forward with a pistol to completely smash Harry into a sieve. Barry, who was sitting behind, saw this situation and hit Gary with an axe. At the same time, Gary turned around and shot him at the point of Barry. The two finally recognized each other and said "What's the fuck you" to each other. doing here?" Then both died. A misunderstanding occurred under this character line, and the boss ended up with the boss.
Then let us look at the story of Snow White, the three little scientists, and Roy the black.
Winston is a young man who knows how to do business. He carefully runs his own cannabis plantation. Although the two of them engaged in illegal transactions, their physiques were so weak that they had their accomplices install a large cage on the door of their home to prevent outsiders from robbing them. At the beginning of the film, they welcomed two uninvited guests, namely one of their tall friends and a girl, Golia, who was confused because of the drug. The two were trapped in a cage, and Winston came down to inquire and learned that they were here to deliver fertilizer, so he opened the door and asked them to stay for a while.
Winston's superior is Roy, who is also an elite of the underworld. He doesn't talk hard and likes to watch sports events. One day, he was forced to switch channels because he was watching TV in a bar. He spouted a sip of strong alcohol at the person who didn't know what was good or bad, and then used a lighter to burn him into a fire man (that is, the one Beconn and the others encountered). This person has a good relationship with Winston and other people, and often engages in drug dealings.
After a while, Winston's peaceful life was broken. One day the tall man was ironing cash with an iron when someone knocked on the door. It turned out that the people who came were Doug's gang. They robbed them and were trapped in a cage. Winston hurriedly hid, leaving the poor tall man to open the door, only to be beaten to the toe. The gang of Doug finally opened the door easily, making a lot of confusion during the period. After they went up, they were overjoyed and hurriedly filled the bags with cash and marijuana. Winston had already escaped, and one of his male accomplices was also kidnapped. At this moment, Golia (with her own protective color, no one noticed), who was lying on the sofa, suddenly stood up and picked up a machine gun. There was a blood drop and the room was in a mess, and finally Doug knocked out Goliath with a punch. In short, the "legitimate property" of Winston and his team was mopped up by Doug, and everyone knows the rest.
Nick negotiated a business with Roy over there, and Nick sold high-quality marijuana (that is, the stolen goods of Ed and the group) to Roy at a super low price. On the day Winston was robbed, Roy received the marijuana. Roy called Winston to come and inspect it. He didn’t expect that the marijuana belonged to the "scientists", which was equivalent to his own private property. At this time, Roy Need to spend money to buy something he owns, Roy became furious, feeling that his IQ was insulted, and got Winston to yell at him.
The next day Roy took a group of gangsters to Ed's residence and regained what he deserved. Beforehand, Roy repeatedly urged these people to be careful, because Ed's group is said to be strong. As the music "Zorba the Greek" gradually reached its climax, Roy and the group finally arrived at Ed's house. At this time, Doug and his gang were also ambushed in their home in order to get things back. Two groups of unrelated people If you run into it, come up and do it.
Everyone should be aware of the subsequent tragedy. Blood was flowing in the room. Just as Roy seemed unscathed, a small soldier under Doug who had not yet died successfully took his life with a single shot. In the end, no one survived, Wins. After witnessing the tragedy, Dun turned his head and walked away from the farce.
Next we are going to introduce this group of Doug, the most funny gangster character in the film.
Compared with the above-mentioned small-playing characters, this group of people are pure big bad guys, all-wicked, cruel, and often robbing homeless people with drugs, but because they don't use their brains, they make a lot of fools. This gang lives next door to Ed’s gang, and robbery and looting are common.
This time they saw a big deal: the Winston’s hemp garden (but Ed heard when discussing this), a soldier under Doug went to him to buy drugs and found that they had so much money to pretend to be. In the shoe box, it is really a huge sum of money. After many investigations, the time and means of committing the crime were finally determined, and they drove together.
As soon as they entered, they were locked in a cage, threatening to injure the big man's foot. The result was that they couldn't open the lock. Someone picked up a machine gun suddenly, and Doug was startled. Winston hit them with an air gun in the dark. Many people were shot one after another. Doug told the gang to "don't get shot." The scene was extremely chaotic. In the end, Doug finally got the key, went upstairs to Sa Huan, wounded Winston's accomplices, and pretended to take away all the marijuana and cash. When everything was going well, he was almost beaten by Goliath’s machine gun, which got out of nowhere, and lost one. Fortunately, the member has a low hit rate and missed others.
A traffic policeman came to greet their van, and one of Doug's men directly knocked him out and put him in the car. Doug returned with a load, but he didn't think that he would be cut off when he returned home. Ed and the group had a roll-up meeting. Ed and the group were fully armed, threatening them with knives and guns, like veteran thieves. In desperation, Doug could only let them plunder his hard-earned property, gave up a cart of marijuana and cash, and got tied up by Ed and the five big spenders.
After Ed left, Doug inherited these two big smokers. He became furious, not knowing which thief dared to eat the black, so he ordered his men to search everywhere, but there was still no result. In desperation, Doug caused each of these unused people to get a punch. One of them was directly inserted into the wall, only to see the complete wiretapping equipment placed next door, and the case was solved in this way.
Doug couldn't swallow this breath. He wanted to treat his body in his own way, ready to squat at someone's house like Ed did for another roll-up meeting and take away the things he deserved. So they were fully armed and hid there. Sure enough, he came in after a while, not Ed these young men, but a bunch of sturdy thugs led by Roy. The two sides inevitably had a fight. Doug was a chicken thief. He hid in a cubicle and saw the living room full of flesh and blood. He thought that something was wrong, so he ran away with two guns. At this time Chris arrived in time and saw Doug holding a big smoker, he could not help but flew him directly with his head, and brought the two guns over. Doug struggled to get up, trying to stop the car and was almost hit by the car. Fortunately, in the end, relying on the good quality of thick and thick skin and anti-beating, he got up to take revenge.
Sure enough, Doug was very experienced. Instead of going to be tough with Chris, he went into his car and hijacked the little Chris son of Chris as a hostage. When Chris went downstairs, he saw that his favorite son was kidnapped by Doug. Doug forced Chris to drive to Harry’s residence to get his belongings back. Sure enough, Chris didn’t dare to act rashly and obeyed the order to drive. . When Doug thought the goal was about to be achieved, Chris was surprised and hit the car in front (Ed's car), and Doug fainted. I saw Chris dragging Doug, placing his head by the door, and then squeezing his head with the door...Doug honorably received the lunch.
This story is almost complete, but who is the biggest winner in this case? It is Chris and his son who made a fortune in silence.
Big Chris, played by star Pooh Jones (who was sent off at the beginning of a professional game), is a professional accountant. He is not a heinous villain, but a burly thug, who is principled and often cooperates. My son, Chris, works together and treats Chris with a strict love (emphasis on avoiding swearing many times). Sure enough, being a parent will make a big difference. At the beginning, he almost shot to death a creditor lying in an artificial sunbathing machine.
Big Chris belongs to Harry's side, but he doesn't completely obey Harry's orders. Big Chris actually participated in this criminal activity, it was Harry who told him that the little fur boys owed him debts and asked him to help collect the debts. The eldest Chris also had a disharmonious conversation with Ed's dad. It was nothing more than Chris said that if your son didn't pay the bill, your tavern would be gone. Ed and his dad said no idea.
On the day of the gang rage, it was not too late for Big Chris to arrive, just in time for Doug to come out of Ed’s house with a gun, so he went forward and hit his head with his head. Doug hadn’t gotten hot yet. He took the two guns, and then Big Chris came to Harry's office and handed everything over to Harry (the stupid thief went in later). Going downstairs, I found my son was kidnapped by Doug. I was very angry. So he pretended to be obedient and rammed into the forward car. Then he dragged the caught Doug out and clamped his head in the door, yelling, "No one would dare to treat me like this. Son!" His father's love is evident.
After the big Chris cut Doug into mashed meat, he thoughtfully greeted the car in front, and found that Ed was holding a bag of money in his hand. For some reason, he snatched it away. Going upstairs and seeing corpses everywhere, Tom frightened him with an unloaded smoke gun. The two faced each other and finally parted ways.
After a while, the four London gentlemen who had been caught were all released. Big Chris was deeply impressed, because these people effortlessly turned the entire upper-class gang upside down, so they came to the tavern with gifts to visit. Big Chris was very excited about this wonderful robbery, saying that you are not ordinary people, this time you will be here first. Then they threw the gift to them, but there was nothing but an introduction book about the two big smoke guns with a price tag of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Outside, Big Chris used the money he got to buy a shiny antique car and took his son for a drive, saying that he was going to enter the middle class. In the end, Harry died, Winston was in deficit, Roy died, Doug and his gang died, and the four gangsters got nothing. Not only did the big Chris not die, but the snipe and the clam fought for the fisherman’s profit. It's really gratifying.
Finally, let's sort out the experience of the protagonist in the whole film-two smoking guns.
These two guns are antiques with a cost of several hundred thousand pounds, lying in the house of Sir Epton, ready to be auctioned; two stupid thieves enter the house of Epton and steal the two guns; the two are discouraged , Sold two guns to Nick at a low price; Nick again sold them to Tom at a super low price, Ed and the group used the two guns to rob; in the end Ed left the two guns at Doug’s house ；Doug met the gang and tried to abscond with a gun and was snatched by Big Chris; Big Chris returned the big smoky gun to Harry, and Harry used the gun to fight with two dumb thieves and eventually died; Tom took the sheep and took it away. I took these two guns; Ed and others asked Tom to throw them away, but they regretted it after learning the real price of the guns, and Tom hung on the bridge with the guns in a dilemma.
The full story of "Two Smoking Guns" is shown above. This circular network narrative reincarnation drama film fully demonstrates the absurdity and unpredictability of fate. In all kinds of coincidences and misunderstandings, we can see the bitterness of big and small characters. The impermanence of life is a rare masterpiece of genre.
View more about Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels reviews
