This may be one of the hazardous offshoots of the music-video-trained generation of moviemakers; they confuse a diet of eye candy with a full meal.
Snatch (2001)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:97
Rotten:38
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: This movie is very similar in plot, style, and characters to Guy Ritchie's previous work, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but Snatch stands on its own as stylish, plot-twisting, frenetic entertainment.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis:
A diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough and tumble world of bare knuckle boxing, a colorful Irish gypsy and...a dog. Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated Snatch is a rollicking...
A diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough and tumble world of bare knuckle boxing, a colorful Irish gypsy and...a dog. Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated Snatch is a rollicking ride through London’s gangster world, the bustling diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp.
Diamond thief and courier Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) arrives in London en route to New York to deliver a huge diamond to boss Avi (Dennis Farina). In his mission to offload smaller stones to Avi’s cousin, Doug 'The Head' (Mike Reid) and other local Hatton Garden jewellers, he is tempted into placing a bet on an illegal boxing bout by Boris 'The Blade' (Rade Sherbedgia). Little does he know that Boris has set him up - and local pawnshop owners Vinny (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James), along with their rather plump getaway driver, Tyrone (Ade) are to rob him at the bookies.
Meanwhile, novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and his business partner Tommy (Stephen Graham) move into the 'big time' through a fight with local kingpin villain, boxing promoter and pig farm owner, Brick Top (Alan Ford). But when the novice’s fighter is knocked out by Mickey O’Neil (Brad Pitt), a wildcard Irish gypsy boxer, the boys convince him to fight in their boxer’s place in Brick Top’s rigged match.
Unfortunately, Mickey proves to be highly unreliable and the duo find themselves in trouble as the fearless fighter refuses to "go down in the fourth" as planned. Luckily, the gypsy’s prowess and technique impress Brick Top -- saving all three from the fate of his pig farm. The catch is Mickey has to fight again -- and has to get it right this time -- since Brick Top more than happy to use brutality and bloodshed to make his point.
In New York, news that Franky has been waylaid by the bookies sends Avi into a tailspin and he and his henchman hop on a plane to London. They hire local legend, 'Bullet Tooth' Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find Franky and the diamond. The sorry fate of the diamond courier is soon discovered and the hunt for the missing stone launches everyone into a madcap spiral which threatens to spin out of control...
Double-crossing, double bluffing and double-dealing abound as various parties pursue personal agendas -- all of them illegal, some of them farcical and most of them destined to end in blood, pain and retribution. As plans go haywire and tempers fray, dogs, diamonds, caravans, boxers and assorted weaponry get swept up into a chaotic free-for all...
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ade, Alan Ford
Director: Guy Ritchie
Director: Guy Ritchie
Screenwriter: Guy Ritchie
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Reviews for Snatch
All the Tarantino trademarks, basically, except that it's not nearly as enjoyable, inventive or clever.
Ritchie's command of the visual medium is so skillful, his criminals so memorable and his writing so undeniably entertaining, that it's a wasted criticism to try and intellectually dissect [his] movies.
A twisty, fun and high energy, if not particularly groundbreaking... de facto sequel to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Most of the people we meet have names like Boris the Blade, Gorgeous George or Doug the Head; as you might suspect, none of them are likely to be found taking high tea at Harrods.
...showoff filmmaking that blatantly ignores the needs of story and character in favor of whatever happens to look 'cool.'
Como diretor, Guy Ritchie parece estar se divertindo durante todo o filme.
Bouncing around in a world of bare-knuckle boxing, gypsy swindlers, pretend Jewish diamond merchants, indestructible Russian assassins and a thug who disposes of bodies by feeding them to hungry pigs, Snatch has enough plots for a fair-sized cemetery.
It was probably a lot of fun to make, but it really doesn't add anything to the genre, and it's not really a development over his first film.
Ritchie knows exactly what he’s doing, and it’s a treat to be hit by all the surprises he has in store for us.
If you miss this at the theater, be sure to snatch it off of the video shelf.
May the postmodern gangster archetype stay around for years to come -- as long as they stay as original, as funny, and as fascinating as the rogues' gallery in Snatch.
If an audience heads to "Snatch" expecting to see new ground broken by the writer-director, well, they will be disappointed.
This wicked diversion continues the trend against bloodless Masterpiece Theater adaptations, and reminds us that there's life in British filmmaking yet.
This film feels like a highly polished version of Guy Ritchie's debut film, Lock, Stock, but you can't come down too hard on it--because it's just so damn funny.
Snatch is like Chinese food: tastes great, but no sense memory afterward. I gave this movie a lower rating than Lock Stock even though I enjoyed Snatch more.
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