Guy Ritchie and new British Crime

He is responsible for Lock Stock and Snatch, both great films however he has directed some more disappointing productions such as RocknRolla (depending on taste). However he has also moved away from Geezer films to Sherlock Holmes which I believe lacked substance and relied on style more than a plot. This issue is rare in the new wave of British crime as they are often made on small budgets such as Shifty which doesn't allow for the expensive GCI styles used in Sherlock. This does not mean the new wave of British crime films are all great, far from it, many of the productions have a fairly predictable story line such as Bullet Boy. Films such as Shifty and Kidulthood have kept the genre alive however generally on a smaller scale than their Cockney cousins.