Guy Ritchie's 1998 crime film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels follows four London friends who owe half a million pounds after a high-stakes card game goes wrong. They have one week to come up with the money. The film opens with Bacon and Eddie selling stolen goods on a street corner before being chased by police, setting the crime genre tone. It then introduces the main characters Bacon and Eddie through their fast-paced dialogue and actions during this opening scene.