Four London mates pool their money for a rigged high-stakes poker game and come out owing half a million pounds to a brutal porn baron who collects debts in limbs. Their plan to recoup the money sets off a chain of parallel heists, double-crosses, and farcical misunderstandings that cross the entire East End criminal ecosystem. Guy Ritchie's debut invented a whole subgenre of British crime comedy — kinetic editing, motormouth dialogue, and a cast that launched half a dozen careers, including Jason Statham's.
