'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'

I think Guy Ritchie is one of the top two or five most original filmmakers going right now. I'll even forgive his latest pursuits, including the ordinary Sherlock Holmes.

Between Lock, Stock and Snatch, Ritchie's created two of the most original and fascinating films in the past 15 years.

Why are they good? Watch them and tell me you can stop yourself from going into a British accent for the next 24 hours.

Tell me you could create characters such as Bacon, Soap, Barry the Baptist, Dog, Plank, Hatchet Harry and Nick the Greek.

Richie's innate ability to find these actors in his homeland that can absolutely kill every line and every scene. Kill it. Every time.

Even in his bad films, all you need to do is see a minute of the film and know it's a Guy Ritchie film. He found his voice -- that strain of storytelling that just about every artist that is living or has ever lived has tried to find or found. There' a handful of living film directors that have found their voice. Ritchie is one of them.