Snatches Your Attention.

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2015)

Snatch (2000): Dir: Guy Ritchie / Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Jason Statham, Alan Ford: The title seems to indicate a diamond going from person to person, or it could symbolize these subplots coordinating towards one goal. The story takes place in London with a boxing fight and a jewel that makes an unexpected journey into places that no man wishes to venture. It concludes with a lot of blood and violence poured within a game of greed and corruption. Directed by Guy Ritchie with the same skill he employed in Love, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. A rich cast ensemble includes Brad Pitt as a gypsy boxer with a speech impairment. After his mother is killed in an arson attack, he agrees to a fight where he demonstrates why you should never mess with the gypsies. Benicio Del Toro plays Frankie Four-Fingers, a failed gambler who ends up paying for more than his addiction. Dennis Farina is hilarious as Frankie's boss who treks to London in search of Frankie, and ends up touting one of the best declarations, "Don't go to England!" Jason Statham plays an unlicensed boxing promoter who, along with his partner, winds up in some tough spots. Alan Ford steals every scene he is in as crime boss Brick Top who has methods of enforcing his demands that often involve pigs. Seeking humour out of the depraved, it is a stylish example of criminology gone wrong. Score: 8 / 10