Snatch: Excellent Movie

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2011)

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 his first effort a surprise success.A crime film written and directed by British filmmaker,Snatch features an ensemble cast namely: Jason Statham,Stephen Graham,Alan Ford,Dennis Farina,Brad Pitt,Vinnie Jones,Robbie Gee,Lennie James,Ade,Rade erbedija and Benicio del Toro.Set in the London criminal underworld, it contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster known as Brick Top.Also,it it features an assortment of colourful characters, including gypsy Mickey O'Neil, arms-dealer Boris "the Blade" Yurinov, professional thief and gambling addict Frankie "Four-Fingers", American gangster-jeweler "Cousin Avi", and bounty hunter Bullet-Tooth Tony.
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 and Tommy, who join up with Mickey, 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. In another corner resides equally loony Russian gangster Boris the Blade, who has asked Jewish gangster Franky Four Fingers to place a bet on the match for him. Boris is also scheming to have Sol, the owner of a pawn shop, rob the place with a couple of dim associates. Meanwhile, Avi, freshly arrived in London from New York, hires Bullet Tooth Tony 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.
It is distinguished by a kinetic direction and editing style, a circular plot featuring numerous ironic twists of chance and causality, and a fast pace.Through this style,Rictchie makes the film totally satisfying and entertaining. Also,it holds the audience interest from beginning to end. This also make the film original which makes it not formulaic and predictable.The movie is also characterized by brilliant performances as they enhance their interesting characters through their great portrayal.As a result,Snatch is a must-see for it is one excellent movie.