Turkish and his close friendaccomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Pitt a pikey ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on a huge diamond heist takes place and a fistful of motley characters enter the story including Cousin Avi Boris The Blade Franky Four Fingers and Bullet Tooth Tony. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money the guns and the damned dog!
Review
Imagine what would happen if you took 8 or 10 criminals of various professions threw them into a maze gave one of the criminals a diamond the size of a fist and yelled out load "SOMEONE IN THIS MAZE HAS A HUGE DIAMOND! WHOEVER FINDS IT AND IS THE LAST MAN STANDING WINS!" What do you think would happen Snatch is what happens.
Snatch is a confusing twisting crazy movie. Let me repeat that. This movie is crazy! Imagine the Mr. Toads Wild Ride at Disney Word on acid and this is what you get my friend. Believe it or not this mass confusion and complete insanity is very very entertaining.
The movie has its problems. First off for those of you who have seen Snatchs predecessor (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) you know that Guy Richie (the writer and director of both films) has a very musicvideo style as far as the camera angles movements and cinematography goes. The strange camera techniques get so mad with lunacy that I noticed people walking out of the theater. I was also turned off by this madness. However most of this insane crap gets over within the first hour so it doesnt last.
If any of you people out there loved Lock Stock as much as I did do yourself a favor and see this movie as fast as you can. Snatch is a bit more serious than Lock Stock but when its funny youll laugh till your lungs burst. It was nice to see Vinnie Jones who was Big Chris in the last movie return as the same basic character (only now named Bullet Tooth Tony) and doing the same "slamming victims head in a car door" act again. The performances were just as great as Lock Stock with Jason Statham and Pitt leading the pack. I was disappointed to see that Bendicio Del Toro didnt have a bigger role. I was expecting him to be a lead character but hes not.
So in conclusion if you have never seen Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels I would see that first before seeing Snatch so you can get adjusted to Guy Richies style. I still think that it is stupid to compare either two movies to Pulp Fiction (unlike most people) but it is in the same ballpark as Pulp. That means if you liked Pulp you will most likely like Snatch and Lock Stock. If you have never seen Pulp or Lock Stock you have deprived your life of culture.
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