Enjoyable but predictable and pretentious

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2001)

I wanted to see Snatch when it came out in the theaters. I liked Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, another Guy Ritchie film. However, I never got around to seeing it. I was also very turned off by the hype, ala Ritche's engagement to Madonna. So I waited until it came out on DVD.
The movie is VERY derivitive. There are parts of it that are very Pulp Fiction-like, Fight Club-like, and even a Fish Called Wanda-like.
The movie tries very, very hard to be slick and stylish, often to the point of absurdity. It is very obvious that the people making this film were way more interested in being cool than being good.
Many of the plot points are also very predictable. I won't give any away, but it was blaringly obvious from scene to scene which two or three groups of people would cross each other's path.
However, the acting is good, there are some truly funny parts, and the ending is satisfying. Its a decent "B" movie.