Super smash 'n' grab

Rating: 10/10 (4 September 2000)

Guy Ritchie and the boys show that Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels was just a launch pad.
Snatch juggles more characters, more convuluted plotlines and more gags than Lock, Stock, and is a far more satisfying treat.
The cinematography is spot on the money, slick without looking like a commercial. The soundtrack is pumping, and even manages to fit in a (personal joke?) Madonna track.
Every principle, of which there certainly are a few, turn in excellent performances, bringing their cartoon character gangsters to life. Bullet Tooth, Four Fingers, Brick Top? Do people really have names like these?
Brad Pitt manages to invent a whole new language (pikey), Mike Reid shows he does have a life outside of Eastenders and smutty stand up, and there's even a chance for Ewen Bremner to roughly reprise his role as Spud in Trainspotting.
Catch it before ze germans arrive.