Snatch this one up.

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2007)

Turkish (Jason Stathem) is a struggling boxing promoter who just wants to earn a living promoting boxing. He and his wanna be tough friend, Tommy (Stephan Graham), find out the hard way that certain people should not be dealt with if you want to stay out of trouble. Two of the people they find out who shouldn't be messed with is, One Punch Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), and one boxing promoter/ Kingpin, Brick Top (Alan Ford). Turkish and Tommy end up dealing with these two characters and realize that there is so much more to them then meets the eye. Mean while there is a huge diamond that has been stolen and every gangster and mob man wants it. This adds a whole big twist in lives of not only local gangsters and mob men, but also local jewelers and thieves. While Turkish and Tommy end up trying to deal with their new "friends", the whole rest of the gangster community fights over the diamond. Though out the whole movie the diamond changes hands and in the end, it ends up with the most unlikely character.
This movie had great potential and came through. It was a great action comedy that kept me glued to the screen. It had everything from Fights to Shootings, to people getting limbs chopped off. Great, I know. The comedy that went with it was something that of a man getting hit in the privates. You know you shouldn't laugh but it was so hard not to. It was mostly dark humor, dealing with death and violence so you kind of feel bad for laughing but they set it up in a way were it worked.
The British dialect was a bit hard to follow at the beginning, but after a while you get used to it. It was definitely one of those movies that you would have to watch again just so you could catch every thing that was said. The hardest character to understand would have to be Brad Pitts. They do this on purpose because he is supposed to be a non-educated gypsy that no one can understand, but again as the movie digresses you start to learn the dialect and get to love his character.
This movie had lots and lots of characters, but seemed to keep them under control. It reminded me of the movie "smoking aces", in the fact that there were many characters. Almost too many in the beginning but the movie did a great job of either killing them off, or just kind of pushing them aside and you forgetting about them. It also jumped around a lot. They would go from character to character and not give a lead to the scene change. I some what enjoyed this part of the movie but others could very easily get lost.
The narrating part done by Jason Stathem really did add something to the movie. He has played in other movies were he has played the bad ass that beats everyone up. In this role he really does show that he can actually act. I am a big fan of the starting a movie at the end of a movie and the narrator going back trough and telling you how they got to were they were. I think when directors do this they always have a great way to end the movie. In this movie they definitely pulled it off.
So I would have to say you would really enjoy this movie if you don't mind the dark humor with violence. If you love stories were there really is no really clear cut good guy. It doesn't end like you thought it would and tons of big guns and people getting what they deserve, you should definitely "Snatch" up this movie.