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Snatch, 2000

Snatch

English, Russian

UK, USA

Rating:8.2
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Profile of Snatch

Snatch can be described as cynical, clever, and stylized. The plot revolves around crime gone awry, a heist, and cons and scams. Its comic aspect comes from dry humor. Snatch's main genres are comedy and crime. In terms of style, it is nonlinear, includes a voice over, and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Snatch is fast paced. It is located in London. It takes place in the 1990s. Snatch has received attention for being a modern classic and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves brief nudity, violent content, and profanity.

Summary of Snatch

A wild and tangled crime adventure involving gangsters, Irish gypsies, and a dog that can't stop swallowing things, Snatch is both hilarious and action-packed. Jewel thief Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is in London en route to New York, where he will deliver an 86-karat diamond to his boss, Avi (Dennis Farina). A compulsive gambler, Franky is tempted into an illegal boxing scam, becoming the unwitting suspect in a robbery committed by bumbling pawnshop owners Vinny (Robbie Gee), Sol (Lennie James), and their oaf-of-a-driver, Tyrone (Ade). Meanwhile, novice boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham), and his dim-witted partner, Tommy (Stephen Graham), move into the "big time" with twisted crime boss, Brick Top (Alan Ford), and Mickey, a mumbling, unhinged Irish gypsy boxer (Brad Pitt). Thrown into the proceedings are killers Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) and Boris the Blade (Rade Sherbedgia). A stylized work with a gritty urban soundtrack and a cast of intricately developed characters, Snatch delivers superb and witty dialogue while depicting one of the more zany, complex diamond heists ever portrayed in film.

Details

Language: English, Russian
Country: UK, USA
Release date: 19 January 2001
Runtime: 102 min

Cast and Crew

Benicio Del Toro as Franky Four Fingers in Snatch
Benicio Del Toro

as Franky Four Fingers

Dennis Farina as Avi in Snatch
Dennis Farina

as Avi

Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil in Snatch
Brad Pitt

as Mickey O'Neil

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Critics Reviews

Film.com

It's possible that Ritchie's most important asset is the comic constant within his characters' existential dilemmas. To a man (and, indeed, they're all men), Ritchie's anti-heroes are at odds, in either large or small ways, with their own natures.

Rolling Stone

Ritchie's got something all his own: a go-for-broke energy that cuts through the cliches of the crime genre.

Users Reviews

I really enjoyed this movie. The many different story lines, all violent yet comedic, made for time well spent. The biggest suprise for me was Brad Pitt. I am not of fan of his work, but he really caught me off gaurd with his portrayal of a drunken,...

cool crime/comdey

For everyone who liked Lock Stock. Funny, witty and clever movie about criminal heroes - and what happens when everything goes wrong (well not for everyone :) )

Likely to see
Not for me

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