It’s been something of a slow summer season for films this year.

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And in the beginning there was ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels‘, and the people saw it and liked it and told their friends, who also saw it and liked it and told their friends.,

And then, after some time, it had earned 28 million dollars on a budget of just 1.4 million.

And the film executives and producers and directors looked at this return and saw that it was good.

And thus began the late 90s wave of UK-based dramedy crime capers.