Guy Ritchie's Best

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 2013)

Snatch is a fixed up cocktail of just the right ingredients. From the unlucky underground boxing manager (Jason Statham) to the inarticulate fighting gypsy (Brad Pitt) to completely incompetent jewel thief's, these guys make up a cast of characters that are utterly hilarious when put together.
The witty dialogue makes the movie what it is. I feel wittier just by watching it. As an American, its just amusing to hear these quick-tongued Brits go at it. Nearly every scene involves a quip or sly remark. Cop: "What's in the car?" Turkish: "Two seats and a steering wheel."
But beyond the cunning wit of the dialog, you have a story of a group of lowlifes, thugs, gangsters, hit men, and gypsies all trying to get the same thing, whether they know it or not. Although, its more like two completely separate stories are being played out simultaneously, but end up converging into one in the end. I won't get into how or why, you'll just have to watch it.
My only quarrel with the film is, if you've seen Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, you'll notice a lot of similarities between the two movies. In fact they're almost exactly the same in terms of general plot techniques. Even used some of the same actors filling similar roles. While this isn't enough to discredit this film, I actually think Snatch is far superior, it makes me wonder what Guy Ritchie was thinking.