Snatch

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Snatch

Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dean Smith, Dennis Farina, Goldie, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Lennie James, Rade Serbedzija, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones

Snatch poses a very important question: Where is the stone? This is a caper about a diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough-and-tumble world of bare- knuckle boxing, an unpredictable Irish gypsy ...( read more  read more... )and a dog. 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 involving an 86-carat diamond. As plans go haywire and tempers fray, dogs, diamonds, mobile homes, boxers and assorted weaponry get swept up into a chaotic free-for-all. The question is - who will emerge with the stone?

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  • middleeasternfilms
    November 13, 2009
    middleeasternfilms
    Ritchie has a certain style about him when it comes to his filmmaking. He's slick where most people try to be too slick but his films have just the right amount of action and comedy to them. This one is a classic boasting a pretty impressive cast, most notably Brad Pitt as a Pike...( read more)y bareknuckles boxer and Jason Statham in a good role where he's not kicking the shit out of everybody in sight.. And Benicio Del Toro dressed as a rabbi. Is that classic? You decide!
  • stopitgoaway
    September 26, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    A film about boxing, diamonds, gangsters pretending to be Jews, a fat getaway driver, a rather vicious dog and man eating pigs. Guy Richie has followed the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with an equally stunning and ambitious return just as Tarantino did with Pulp...( read more) Fiction. The characters are so colourful they jump right off the screen, the dialogue so snappy you want to learn it by heart and the acting simply wonderful. Vinnie Jones reveals he can act and Brad Pitt shows that he is far more than a pretty face and could well win a best supporting actor oscar for his role as Irish Mickey. See this movie!!!!
  • SirPant
    September 14, 2009
    SirPant
    It's the brilliant cast that make Snatch a great movie because it certainly isn't Guy Ritchie's irritating script and average direction!
  • ohagankieran
    July 22, 2009
    ohagankieran
    The release of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 prompted a schism in the staid gangster movie genre: the standard hallmarks - serious characters, gunfights, intrigue and damsels in distress - were enhanced with snappy dialogue, and gallows humour. The biggest change however was...( read more) the introduction of the mobius strip-style plot line, where the concept of time is no longer linear, instead constantly folding in upon itself, flitting between past, present and future that forces the viewer to pay close attention lest they miss some subtle detail. Inevitably, numerous copycat films emerged that tried to capitalize on Tarantino's success, but it wasn't until 1998 when Guy Ritchie, an unknown British director, took on the challenge that a successor was found. Now Ritchie is determined to prove that his first time out wasn't a fluke.

    Turkish is a young man with an entrepreneurial bent, who, when he's not running his gambling operation, manages bareknuckle boxers. Through a business deal gone wrong, he becomes acquainted with one Mickey O'Neil, a mumbling manic motor-mouthed piker who also happens to be a one-punch marvel. Turkish persuades Mickey to join his stable of fighters, but soon discovers that Mickey has his own agenda, and gets Turkish in trouble with the gangsters who run the underground boxing circuit. Other characters that become involved in the drama include a four-fingered degenerate gambler/jewel thief, a vicious boxing promoter, a gang of inept robbers, a polite hitman, a crazed Russian gun runner, a group of Irish gypsies, a crooked New York jeweler and a pugnacious pet. The common thread binding them all is a perfect diamond the size of a peach pit. If you aren't confused yet, you soon will be.

    "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", Mr. Madonna's (Ritchie) first film, was shot on a small budget, with a no-name cast (except for football bad boy Vinnie Jones) and quickly became a rousing success at home and found receptive audiences abroad. While not a technically a sequel "Snatch" is stylistically very similar to "Lock, Stock?": Ritchie utilizes his trademark bombastic staccato sequences, and repeatedly bounces off on radical tangents to throw the viewer off balance. He did however opt for a decidedly darker satirical tone in this film, that may make some people uncomfortable (think "Very Bad Things"). What struck me as particularly daring was his decision to create a story with such a voluminous cast.

    Ritchie faced a daunting task with this film: how, with roughly twenty principal characters, does one adequately flesh out each character, and not hopelessly confuse the audience? The feat was made doubly difficult, as several cast members are big name stars. Somehow Ritchie manages - each actor is full bodied, receives ample screen time, and no one character is the centerpiece. With so many talented actors, it is difficult to pick out one performance that stands out: Rade Serbedzija is hilarious as the mad Russian who blithely burns through each of his nine lives, as is Vinnie Jones' manic gentleman hitman. On the other end of the spectrum, is Alan Ford as Brick Top, the promoter with a penchant for pigs, who epitomizes cold-blooded viciousness. If forced to pick my favorite however, I would have to go with Brad Pitt

    Pitt resurrects his trailer trash look from "Kalifornia" and adopts a nearly indecipherable brogue that sounds like my best friend's Uncle Wally on a bad day. As Mickey O'Neil, the hard drinking wily grifter and part-time pugilist, Pitt displays a wide range of emotions, demonstrating again that he is not only a star, but also a gifted character actor. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the dog that subtly stole every scene he appeared in.

    While "Snatch" initially struggles to find its stride, and is very similar to Ritchie's earlier film, it is fresh and funny enough to make you forget any minor shortfalls and stand on its own.
  • g0disd3ad
    June 4, 2009
    g0disd3ad
    Got to love Guy Ritchie <3
  • rajanaufal2
    November 28, 2009
    rajanaufal2
    Doesn't surpass LS&TSB, but confirms that Guy Ritchie is a very important director and that his earlier masterpiece wasn't just a lucky entry. Nearly everything in this movie is entertaining, from the screenplay to the acting to the wonderful editing, it all goes down perfectly w...( read more)ell. The opening credits are top-notch ! It even beats its predecessor in the caracter introductions. Very classy and highly intelligent picture that has a very balanced mix of humour, action, and suspense.
  • ythelastman89
    November 25, 2009
    ythelastman89
    A great follow up to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It has a great ensemble cast with great performances from all. The directing is perfect and very distinct in terms of style. The story has a great jumbled feel to it that resolves itself quite nicely.
  • ed
    November 23, 2009
    ed
    Funny and very rewatchable.
  • fredyamdc
    November 21, 2009
    fredyamdc
    Similiar to Get Shorty or The Bank Job, after it has finished, you ask yourself: "What the f*ck just happened?" In a good sense. The story is humorously good and Brad Pitt is wonderful as always.
  • memo147
    November 18, 2009
    memo147
    Esperaba algo bueno..... No Algo EXCELENTE!
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