Snatch

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2005)

From writer/director Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), when I first saw this film I gave it quite a positive review, second time, my opinion changed a little. Basically it is a bit of an ensemble story, with various characters getting involved with petty crime and gambling for big money. We see Turkish (Transporter's Jason Statham) and his accomplice Tommy (This Is England's Stephen Graham) are getting into the business of match fixing, Brick Top (Alan Ford), and their plan is marred by "pikey" (Irish Gypsy) Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt) knocking out the planned winner, Gorgeous George (Adam Fogerty). Mickey, originally just selling Turkish, an unlicensed fight promoter, his caravan, is being paid by them not just to do fights, but to lose them as well. Meanwhile, a huge diamond heist is being pulled off pretty unsuccessfully (in terms of accuracy) by rubbish crook brothers Vinny (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James). They are working for Abraham 'Cousin Avi' Denovitz (Dennis Farina), who is forced to come from New York to London, England but when the 84 karat stone goes missing, and it might be something to do with Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro). He gets the help of his cousin Doug 'The Head' Denovitz (EastEnders' Mike Reid) and Boris 'The Blade' Yurinov (Rade Serbedzija) to help look for it. As events twist and turn, the two stories intertwine, and the film becomes even more hard to understand, so I don't think I will bother trying to explain. Also starring Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony, Ewen Bremner as Mullet, Jason Flemyng as Darren and Goldie as Bad Boy Lincoln. If it wasn't for the quite confusing at times story, this might have been just as entertaining as Ritchie's debut, but it just feels too seen it before style, but there are some moments that might get your attention, so it's not a complete waste of time. Worth watching!