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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels [DVD](1998) DVD In-your-face, serio-comic crime caper set in London's East End and focusing on four pals looking to make a big score in a card game. When the plan goes awry and they're left owing big money to a local crime boss, they hatch a desperate scheme to rip off a group of crooks who rob a marijuana-growing operation. Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng and soccer star Vinnie Jones star. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; biographies; featurette; theatrical trailers; more.
Gone In Sixty Seconds [DVD](2000) DVD This reworking of the 1974 drive-in fave features Nicolas Cage as a legendary car thief who returns to Southern California after calling it quits to save brother Giovanni Ribisi, who will be bumped off by a British crimelord he ran afoul of. Cage's job: steal 50 hard-to-find cars in three days. Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Delroy Lindo and Will Patton also star in this flashy Jerry Bruckheimer production. 118 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; featurette; interviews; music video; theatrical trailer.
Snatch [DVD](2000) DVD "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" director Guy Ritchie returns to familiar turf in this audacious heist comedy-thriller. Two small-time London hoods in debt to a crooked promoter and the quest for a stolen diamond are the elements that bring together a colorful crew of smugglers, hit men, transatlantic crime bosses, boxing Irish Gypsies and excitable dogs. Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Alan Ford, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia, Jason Statham and Benicio Del Toro star. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary; deleted scenes; "making of" featurette; interviews; outtakes; storyboard comparisons; photo
Swordfish [DVD](2001) DVD Non-stop mix of high-tech thrills and plot twists stars John Travolta as a mysterious criminal mastermind (or is he?) who hatches a plan to lift billions in confiscated DEA funds via computer. Travolta uses lover (or is she?) Halle Berry to entice ex-con and hacking genius Hugh Jackman into joining the operation, but can Jackman trust her...or anyone else? Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones co-star. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; documentaries; audio commentary; alternate endings; hidden features; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM content.
Mean Machine [DVD](2001) DVD Transporting the basic plot of 1974's Burt Reynolds hit "The Longest Yard" across the Atlantic, this smash British comedy stars soccer legend Vinnie Jones ("Snatch") as a disgraced pro footballer sentenced to three years in "the nick." Pressured by the prison's gambling-obsessed warden into coaching a team of inmates against the guards, Jones assembles a ragtag group of yardies, yobbos and villains for a brutal, no-holds-barred showdown. David Hemmings, David Jelly, Jason Flemyng co-star. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English.
Night At The Golden Eagle [DVD](2002) DVD A seamy hotel on the L.A. strip is the setting for this downbeat drama that follows one night in the lives of several of the Golden Eagle's guests. Among the characters: aging hoods Vinny Argiro and Donnie Montemarano, who plan to go to Vegas and become blackjack dealers; prostitutes Ann Magnuson and Natasha Lyonne and pimp Vinnie Jones; elderly tap dancer Fayard Nicholas; and bag lady Kitten Natividad. 87 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 2.1; audio commentary; interviews; filmographies; more.
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