When Michael Pearson (McConaughey) tries to sell off his highly-profitable marijuana empire in London, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. And when Fletcher (Grant), a sleazy freelance photographer gets wind of the sale, he sets out to line his own pockets. This is Guy Ritchie at his very finest.
When Michael Pearson (McConaughey) tries to sell off his highly-profitable marijuana empire in London, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. And when Fletcher (Grant), a sleazy freelance photographer gets wind of the sale, he sets out to line his own pockets. This is Guy Ritchie at his very finest.
Ray returns home from a hard day at work to find Fletcher sitting in his massive kitchen, drinking his vintage whiskey and ready to make a deal.
Ray
Fletcher!
Fletcher
Buenas tardes, Raymondo!
[Laughs]
Ray
I SHOULD STAB YOU WITH THAT FU*KING ROLLING PIN!
Fletcher
Oh, don't be c*nty!
Clip 2
For a sleazy free-lance photographer with absolutely no idea just how deep he's getting, Fletcher has got some serious cojones.
Fletcher
If you would be so kind as to furnish me with twenty million British pounds, I will give you everything; memory cards, contact sheets, recordings... the lot, AND a modest little screenplay I wrote all by myself.
Ray
Hold on... we just went from a hundred and fifty thousand pounds to twenty million. That's a steep rise in thirty seconds.
Fletcher
Yeah but I would argue that you're lucky because that is nothing compare to what I could, and perhaps should, be asking.
Ray
Oh, well, thank God you're not greedy Fletcher, you deluded, sh*t-eating c*nt.
Fletcher
Quite like it when you talk dirty to me. I can feel myself engorging.
Clip 3
Matthew has made a sizeable charitable donation to his aristocratic hosts, much to Michael's surprise and embarrassment.
Michael
Well, that was unexpected, Matthew. Now I understand why you're seated at the head of the table. Snuck that one right by me didn't you, you naughty little girl. Making a splash with the gentry.
Matthew
Oh, I like to make a splash whenever possible.
Michael
Well, you also seem to understand the significance of a proper attire.
Matthew
Indeed, I do. I believe a sense of ownership is vital in every aspect of life, perhaps never more so than when it comes to wardrobe. For every look, there is a season and for every season, a strategy.
Fletcher
[V/O]
Now starts the alpha dance. They're not really talking about clothes, Raymond. Oh fu*king no, they're like a pair of old doggies, sniffing round one another's intellectual a**holes. It's a good, old-fashioned c*ck-off, Raymond.
Clip 4
Coach (Farrell) is in a burger joint, waiting for his food and minding his own business when some local wannabe gangsters come in and start causing trouble.
Coach
Why's it smell of wee in here?
Youth 1
The fu*k is this joke man?
Coach
Don't stand near me, son. You got your mouthwash muddled up with cat p*ss. Take two steps back and wait your turn.
Youth 2
Better fu*k off, old man or I'll wet ya.
Coach
The only thing you can wet is your underpants, son. Now... back two steps.
Clip 5
One of Michael's rural marijuana farms has been raided. He and his wife are cynical of it being pure coincidence. Rosalind, perhaps, sums it up best.
Michael
No sooner do I entertain Matthew's offer to buy me out and reject Dry Eye's offer, does one of my farms get raided.
Rosalind
First time ever.
Michael
Doesn't feel like a coincidence, does it?
Rosalind
It isn't. There's fu*kery afoot!
Clip 6
Michael has called upon one of the aristocratic families whose home he's converted into a cannabis factory. They have a problem. Michael may have a solution.
Ray
You should get yourself one of these, boss.
Michael
[Sighs]
That's the plan.
Ray
Everything all right?
Michael
You remember their daughter?
Ray
Yeah, Laura. Nice girl. Good voice. Teeny sort of spunk funk fu*k-pot. Shame about the habit.
Clip 7
Power Noel is a druggie who's harbouring Laura, the "teeny sort of spunk funk fu*k-pot." But he's seriously underestimated Ray and his two henchmen. This is one fight he simply can't win.
Power Noel
I can be dangerous if I want to be. Get the fu*k out now!
Ray
Sit down, Power... before you get yourself into more trouble.
Power Noel
How d'ya know my name? How the fu*k does he know my name?
Ray
I know ALL your names.
[Pointing to a TEENAGER sat by the window]
Apart from that...
...little anomaly. I know where you went to school, I know who your parents are and I know you'll...
[mimics fellatio]
...suck a c*ck for a five pound bag.
Clip 8
Ray takes the opportunity to teach these drug-raddled idiots a few lessons in what being naughty USED to mean before Heroin came along and ruined everything.
Ray
If you wanna be naughty, what happened to a little smoke and a poke and a glass of wine? Some Barry White, candles around the bath and put your finger in the missus?
Aslan
Who's Barry White?
Bunny
Big black geezer. Sexy voice.
Brown
So I'm... I'm lost. Am I in the bath with Barry White fingering my missus?
Ray
Be quiet, Brown. You were lost long before Barry White walked in.
Clip 9
Michael's wife, Rosalind, is a resourceful lady. Especially when Dry Eye and his henchman, Tony pay her a visit. It might be a very, very SMALL gun, but it still works.
Rosalind
It's not your position for Tony to do anything other than to fu*k off back from when whence he came.
Dry Eye
[Sniggers]
Tony...
[TONY stands up, only to have ROSALIND produce a miniature pistol and aim it at his forehead]
What's that? Is that a paperweight?
Rosalind
Funny you should say that. Turns out anything with weight can be a paperweight.
Dry Eye
Well, what are you gonna do with it?
Rosalind
Well, that's up to you, isn't it? Either you do as I tell you to and use the door or I'm going to shoot Fat Tony right between the eyes. Y'see, this gun's only got two bullets. So I'm not going to fu*k about illustrating it's significance... you're gonna have to trust me on that. The alternative is a little bit absolute.
Dry Eye
I'll have to check your grammar on that. It can't be just "a little bit absolute". It either is, or it isn't.
Rosalind
Whatever it is, I've lost my patience. I'm telling you, I will squeeze this trigger and Tony'll be no more.
Dry Eye
Tony...
[TONY starts to approach ROSALIND whose aim has not waivered]
Rosalind
Listen to me, c*nt. You take one step forward, it'll be the last fu*king step you ever take.
Dry Eye
Tony... get on it!
[TONY does as instructed but is promptly shot in the head]
Clip 10
Matthew has finally met his match and is about to get his comeuppance. He can't smooth-talk his way out of this one. Michael knows exactly what the slime-ball did.
Michael
I like your domino analogy. The question I ask is who... tumbled the first domino?
Matthew
I'm afraid that's not my concern... or my business, Michael.
Michael
At the risk of contradicting you, it is very much your business. And certainly your concern. Only you made one mistake.
Matthew
That being...?
Michael
You seem to have mistaken me for some kind of a c*nt.