Guy Ritchie directed a crime comedy.
 It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 August 1998 to critical and commercial success, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times praising Ritchie's "brash, ebullient direction" and "punchy little flourishes that load this English gangster film"
In 2002, Ritchie conceived a prank show titled Swag, for Channel 5 in the United Kingdom

