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Guy Ritchie's sophomore follow-up to his 1998 sleeper hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch revisits the previous film's territory of London's crime-ridden underbelly, and does so with the ... read more read more...same brand of humor and stylish direction that made Ritchie's first effort a surprise success. With a labyrinthine plot that is ostensibly oriented around a missing diamond, Snatch introduces viewers to three groups of characters intent on retrieving the elusive stone, which has been stolen from an Antwerp jeweler. In the first group are friends and business partners Turkish (Jason Statham, who also supplies the film's voice-over narration) and Tommy (Stephen Graham), who join up with Mickey (Brad Pitt), an Irish gypsy and boxer. Turkish and Tommy make arrangements with Mickey to take a fall in a match engineered by lunatic gang leader Brick Top (Alan Ford). In another corner resides equally loony Russian gangster Boris the Blade (Rade Sherbedgia), who has asked Jewish gangster Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) to place a bet on the match for him. Boris is also scheming to have Sol (Lennie James), the owner of a pawn shop, rob the place with a couple of dim associates. Meanwhile, Avi (Dennis Farina), freshly arrived in London from New York, hires Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find Franky when he goes missing; it seems that it was none other than Franky who was supposed to be transporting the purloined diamond to New York. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Release Date: January 19, 2001

Keywords: action, gangster, crime, funny, caper

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DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001

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  • jamers2011
    April 6, 2012
    jamers2011
    The first 30 minutes or so were very hard to follow, there are a lot of characters, but once everyone is introduced and the story unfolds, the film is nothing but pure entertainment. Great cast, good characters, solid writing, and lots of action...Snatch. is a must see! Also, Bra... read mored Pitt is very good in this.
  • TomBowler
    October 7, 2011
    TomBowler
    Funny and violent with a great performance from Brad Pitt. Full review later.
  • fb100000212943704
    August 19, 2011
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    'Snatch' is entertaining, enjoyable and as one of my friends described it, "a really watchable film". The film follows a collection of people where by through may different stories end up crossing paths over a diamond in London. Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham ... read moreand Stephen Graham as the film's main two characters Turkish and Tommy, the film also includes Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil an Irish traveller. Statham's and Graham's acting is funny and believable as the two, not thugs, but blokes who have made a few mistakes and got into the wrong business. Pitt's acting is heartfelt at times such as a particular scene where a character close to him dies and his accent. With it's believable and funny characters, entertaining script and gripping storyline Snatch is overall a great enjoyable watch.
    **** 4 Star
  • fb100002359227440
    June 22, 2011
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    Snatch, bring a great screenplay, that looks like to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but presents a different stylish a exciting plot and good time. With strange characters and dark humor, Guy Ritchie, show us a terrific film, that bring an good direction. Fresh.
  • FiLmCrAzY
    June 3, 2011
    FiLmCrAzY
    I absolutely love this movie.
    Guy Ritchie is by far my favourite director when wanting to watch comedy, ganster thrillers.
    This doesn't disappoint, its an hilarious, london ganster movie that is very enjoyable and worth the watch.
    Brad Pitt is hilarious as the irish Pikey that... read more is a very good fighter.
    Really worth the watch.
  • garyX
    June 1, 2011
    garyX
    Cockney boxing promoter Jason Statham finds himself indebted to a ruthless gangster and has to provide bare knuckle boxer Brad Pitt in recompense. Ritchie's difficult second movie lives up to the potential of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels but it's hardly a massive departur... read moree. It provides the same mix of laughs and cocknernee gangster hi-jinx, but it doesn't rely so heavily on cheap laughs and Pitt is fantastic as the pikey who's as indestructible as he is incomprehensible. Statham also does what he does best and pretty much the entire supporting cast are in their element; hell, even Vinnie Jones is good in this! It may not have the glitz and glamour of the Ocean's franchise and subtle it most certainly is not, but it's also one of the most entertaining films I've ever seen as the laughs flow constantly and it's got a great one-two punch of an ending. A worthy addition to the British tradition of the comedy caper movie.
  • fb535316333
    May 29, 2011
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    A mosaic of unfortunate events happening to unfortunate people carefully weaved into this thrilling, entertaining ball of witty humor.

    Ritchie thrives in his style of story telling as we're introduced to a cast of hilariously incompetent characters all simultaneously getting th... read moreemselves into ridiculous situations. It'a a whole lot of fun, even if there isn't much substance the style easily makes up for it.
  • fb100001048934982
    May 25, 2011
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    Whatever the film lacks in heart, it makes up for in wild entertainment. It starts with sharp editing and moves to witty humor, stylish direction, and a poignant script that sparkles with meticulous plotting and story. Everything fits, and everything is awesome. The performances ... read moreare decent enough to keep everyone intrigued, but Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, and Alan Ford delight as their wonderfully over-the-top characters. This is the way to make an entertaining, top-notch caper. Take notes from Guy Ritchie.
  • fb634552688
    May 3, 2011
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    I thought it was hilarious but I feel like they didn't try hard enough to explore it's underlying themes. Because of that, I think it falls short of something great.
  • phubbs1
    April 10, 2011
    phubbs1
    'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 2' could be its real name, Ritchie is back with the second in his British gangster trilogy ('Revolver' being number three) and this time due to the success of his first venture he clearly has more money to play with so he brings in some big nam... read moree stars.

    The film is almost the same kind of thing to 'Lock Stock' being another gritty, dirty, slimy cockney collaboration of tales all revolving around yet more oddball wheeler dealers, thugs and gangsters as they all try to get ahold of money, jewels and each other in (again) a Tarantino type way with more gallows humour.
    The cast again is fantastic and includes yet more British actors that were somehow left out of the first film, over Ritchie's films he's used every known British character actor or soap star we have haha The inclusion of some big Hollywood stars actually, for me, brings the film down slightly, they don't seem realistic and can't fit into this exclusively British world thus the film loses its sense of realism, a big Hollywood star doesn't always equal a good direction to go.
    To be frank the film does really have a R. Rodriguez feel to it eg. 'Mariachi' was made, it did well so RR remade it bigger and better. 'Snatch' does seem to fall into that catergory to a degree, it does feel almost like a reboot or upgrade of 'Lock Stock' as some of the cast that do show up in both films are playing the same kind of role, mainly Vinnie Jones who can't really play anything else. The film has the exact same grotty feel to it with your typical South/East London looking pubs, alleys and streets, more cockney dialect to confuse any non Londoner, more hints at vicious violence but without actually showing that much, some glorious fights and more swearing than you can possibly imagine haha

    The only thing I don't like about the film is all the silly names everyone has, I just get the feeling Ritchie was trying too hard to make it in the same vain as American New York gangsters, your typical hood with his catchy nickname like 'Billy the rat' or 'pool table Pauly' for example lol! it just seemed abit daft.
    Basically this is another triumph for Ritchie despite making the same film all over haha Alan Fords portrayal of 'Brick Top' is also probably the most chilling baddie I've seen in years.

    Oi!!! geeeza!!

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Critic Reviews

Lisa Alspector
April 15, 2008
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

Ritchie may be skilled at generating controlled chaos, but his surprise-a-minute strategy ultimately holds no surprises. Full Review

Peter Rainer
September 26, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

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. Full Review

Liam Lacey
March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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,... Full Review

Peter Travers
June 4, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

He's not breaking new ground with Snatch, merely fine-tuning the knack for disreputable kicks he showed in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Stanley Kauffmann
March 8, 2001
Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic

The cinematic dazzle, the high pitch to which he leads his actors, the relish of sheer velocity are reward enough.

Joel Siegel
February 9, 2001
Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

Ritche has nothing but fun with this movie and we get the feeling that the actors do the same.

Richard Corliss
February 7, 2001
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

The story motors like a car driven by a chatty maniac who somehow stays on the road. Full Review

Derek Elley
February 7, 2001
Derek Elley, Variety

Manages the trick of keeping the viewer entertained -- and aware of exactly who is where -- even when the movie is going in three directions at the same time. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
February 7, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

It takes a very clever schoolboy to make a movie as elaborately empty as Guy Ritchie's Snatch. Full Review

Peter Howell
January 19, 2001
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Snatch is hard to figure out, but even harder not to laugh at. Full Review

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    • Turkish: Fuckface... I like that one Errol. I'll have to remember that one next time I'm climbing off yer mum.
    • Tommy: Who took the jam outta your doughnut?
    • Turkish: You took the fucking jam outta my doughnut, Tommy. You did.
    • Doug the Head: We got sandy beaches.
    • Avi: So who the fuck wants to see them?
    • Turkish: Fuck me all, Tom! What's that?
    • Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
    • Turkish: No, Tommy, there's a gun in your trousers. What is a gun doing in your trousers?
    • Tommy: It's for protection!
    • Turkish: Protection from what? Zee Germans?
    • Bullet Tooth Tony: You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
    • Turkish: So what do you do? You go to see the man that knows about these sort of things.
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