Snatch. (2000)

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writer:

Guy Ritchie (written by)

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones

Plot:

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Boxing | Gypsy | Dog | Heist

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Turkish
Benicio Del Toro	...	Franky Four Fingers
Brad Pitt	...	Mickey O'Neil
Alan Ford	...	Brick Top
Stephen Graham	...	Tommy
Dennis Farina	...	'Cousin' Avi Denovitz
Rade Serbedzija	...	Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Mike Reid	...	Doug 'The Head' Denovitz
Charles Cork	...	MC
Robbie Gee	...	Vinny
Lennie James	...	Sol
Vinnie Jones	...	Bullet Tooth Tony
Jason Flemyng	...	Darren
Ade	...	Tyrone
William Beck	...	Neil

Also Known As:

Diamonds (USA) (working title)
Lock, Stock... and Six Stolen Diamonds (UK) (working title)
Snatch (UK) (alternative spelling)
Snatch'd (USA) (working title)
The Guy Ritchie Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

104 min | USA:102 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (uncut) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (NO. 37533) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:16 | UK:15 (DVD re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Greece:K-17 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Jester's Amusement Arcade, West Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Brad Pitt, who was a big fan of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), approached director Guy Ritchie and asked for a role in this film. When Ritchie found Pitt couldn't master a London accent, he gave him the role of Mickey the Gypsy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Micky is held back by his friends in front of his mum's burning caravan, he has no tattoos. This is because it is a body double used for the shots from behind.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Turkish: [narrating] My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My parents to be were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met. They named me after the name of the plane. Not many people are named after a plane crash. That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but I know he was really named after a famous 19th century ballet dancer.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Behind the Heist (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT

Just as much fun as Lock, Stock. Snatch is a great and entertaining movie.

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. Toad's 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 it's problems. First off, for those of you who have seen Snatch's predecessor, (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), you know that Guy Richie (the writer and director of both films) has a very music-video 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 doesn't 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 it's funny, you'll 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 victim's 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 didn't have a bigger role. I was expecting him to be a lead character, but he's 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 Richie's 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.

9/10