"Now find me the silly sods that blagged the bookie!"

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2014)

Well I'm not afraid to admit it, I have to watch Guy Ritchie's films a couple three times to really understand what's going on, and keep a scorecard to boot to keep track of the players. Just like "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels", there are multiple sets of characters here who take turns at center stage in a quest to wind up with a stolen diamond. I'm not going to give it all away here, if you like this kind of stuff you'll eat it up, and if you don't you won't. What keeps the flick moving are the talented players portraying widely disparate characters, like Benicio Del Toro's Frankie Four Fingers and Brad Pitt's pikey, oy crikey Mickey (probably should have been Mikey for the rhyming possibilities). But the guy who really entertains here is Englishman Alan Ford as the bug eyed gambling thug known as Brick Top. He's creepy as hell and has that train wreck quality of style that makes it impossible to keep your eyes off of. Granted, the film is filled with multiple four letter expletives beginning with the letter 'f', but presented in director Ritchie's inimitable style, the word is less obscene than one might ordinarily expect. Colorful would be another way to put it. Brad Pitt is hilarious as well with his Irish gypsy accent and mannerisms, and when push finally comes to shove, it's Mickey's merry band of hooligans who come out on top, even if they don't get the diamond. To find out who does, you'll have to catch the film.
One question - who thinks Boris is really dead?