The characters are forgettable with the storyline. Set in London, England around 2000, there is a story about stealing kidneys from unsuspected police officers; gang rivalry and a plot to protect a witness from being killed. The storyline is weak. There is a lot of action with violence, sexuality and a story there. The film fails to build characters that we care about instead of one dimensional villains and heroes. I bought it at a discount store because I thought it would be good overall. It's entertaining in some ways that it brings up Scooby Doo in the climax.

first and foremost, I'm an American. i live in the united states. yet for some reason I've become slightly obsessed with British culture, movies, literature, music and whatnot. my favorite film would have to be trainspotting, and lock stock blew me away. unfortunately, 24 in London did not. in fact, it had a reverse affect, inducing sleep. horrid horrid horrid everything, from the ridiculous dialouge to the plot that had more holes in it than a mesh t-shirt. there was virtually no plot, and literally no main character. i felt cheated by the end of the movie, cheated by the fact that I've lost a precious two hours of my life i could have spent reading a good book. rubbish, please don't fall victim to this movie, and anyone telling you otherwise needs to seriously reconsider what they are thinking.

I was forced to endure this film a while ago, and can honestly say that it is one of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot (such as it was) was completely derivative, nicking ideas from just about every gangster film since "Brighton Rock." The characters make cardboard seem fully rounded, mostly being off-cuts from the Quentin Tarantino "chirpy-arrogant-violent-criminal-with-no-regard-for-anyone-else" block, while the script was abysmal.The lack of anything good about this film is particularly disappointing, as it was the last film Gary Olsen made. It's a great shame that his last appearance should be as a barely thought-out criminal weirdo with pseudo-mystical characteristics forced upon him in a vain attempt to make the character seem interesting.This is a heap of rubbish with no redeeming features whatsoever, and should be avoided at all costs.

No, this wasn't the best movie ever, and I have my fair share of criticisms I'll expound on later, but how can so many people say this was the worst movie ever? I mean come on! That is a bold statement. Think of all the stinkers out there, that are universally considered bad...and to put such a label implies that the reviewer wasn't entertained in the least.Anyway, this is an entertaining flick. It has spectacular gunfights, great characters, tons of double crosses and a great soundtrack. Though the plot is clichéd, the action unrealistic, and the setup ridiculous ***SPOILERS***(the main bad guy Christian, kept sending in his people like lambs to the slaughter...and the same thing kept happening...his right hand man kept calling them and saying, "No Answer...", well duh, you sent them into certain death! Two to four guys are no match for a platoon of swat members. This kept happening until he ran out of guys and he himself had to go in. This made me laugh out loud)***END SPOILERS***Despite my negative comments, this movie still entertained the hell out of me. Take it for what it is even though it rips off Pulp Fiction, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and of course, The Boondock Saints. The direction and action is what makes this film, and is perfect for a lazy Saturday night. Keep in mind, this is an action flick, it isn't going to win any Oscars by default...it's main purpose is to entertain and it did it quite effectively. I give it 5/10 stars.