Funny, interesting and almost unique - except for Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2001)

Okay, so here's the deal with this movie: its an absolutely amazing movie. That is, if, and only if, you haven't seen Guy Ritchie's other great movie: Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Despite being cleverly crafted to all come together in one magnificant moment - much like LS&2SB - and being full of both, humour and serious moments, Snatch was somewhat of a let down to me. If you haven't already seen Lock, Stock I recommend picking one of the two. The format, the characters, the same reference to a certain group of people (ze germans in this case) was all too Lock Stock; there was a point where I wasn't sure which movie I was watching anymore. But if you manage to get over that little upset, you'll find Lock Stock to be an entertaining movie which does draw close parallels to the real world of illegal boxing. All in all, my hats off to Guy Ritchie for the most part, although change is never a bad thing. Also, my compliments to the person who did the casting. Each actor really truly fit their part - including Brad Pitt, who personally I thought would no way be able to play a pikey. I was wrong.