The document provides background information on the 1998 British crime film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie. It was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award and won several other awards. The plot follows four working class friends in London who pool their money to bet in a high stakes card game but end up owing half a million pounds and have one week to pay it back. The genre is established through scenes of a character named Bacon selling goods illegally on street corners and being chased by police, showing the crime theme of the film.