Snatch

2000 Comedy Drama

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 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. more..

Director: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia

Reviews

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

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    19 January 2013

  • All about macho my-weapon-is-bigger-than-your-weapon posturing and far-fetched coincidences that slam together in an entertaining rush.

    Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today

    19 January 2013

  • Even if it's not quite as lighter than air as its predecessor, Snatch remains a lethal diversion.

    Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

  • Although the plot is crucial, it's the interaction among characters that makes Snatch percolate. Ritchie knows when to stop and smell the comedy.

    Desson Thomson - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

  • Mr. Ritchie is back with more of the same in his second feature, a comedy called "Snatch" that's a sort of lethal pinball machine in which even more picturesque characters bounce from pillage to post.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Guy Ritchie

    Dinard British Film Festival (2000)

     
  • Best British Actor

    Empire Awards, UK (2001)

  • Golden Trailer Awards (2001)

     
  • Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (2001)

  • National Board of Review (2000)