- Film Review
- Reviewed By Lorien Haynes
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3 out of 5
You'd have thought that Guy Ritchie would've shied away from replicating Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels after the glut of British gangster movies that followed its success. Sadly not. Although Snatch has its merits - among them originality and the talents of Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, and Jasons Statham and Flemyng - the diamond heist and East End Mob plot are just more of the same. Gangs, cheeky chappies, bare-knuckle boxing and cameos from Vinnie Jones and Mike Reid merge into a "seen it all before" mix. Ritchie can direct, but perhaps he should get someone else to write the material.
Plot Summary
Comedy crime drama starring Brad Pitt, Jason Statham and Benicio Del Toro. In Antwerp, jewel thief Franky Four Fingers steals a huge diamond, but before he can deliver it to his New York boss he is ambushed in London by a Russian mobster's henchmen. Elsewhere in the capital, crimelord Brick Top demands that Irish boxer Mickey One Punch take a dive in an unlicensed fight. When Brick Top joins the hunt for the missing gem, mayhem ensues.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mickey One Punch O'Neill
- Brad Pitt
- Turkish
- Jason Statham
- Franky Four Fingers
- Benicio Del Toro
- Avi
- Dennis Farina
- Bullet Tooth Tony
- Vinnie Jones
- Boris the Blade
- Rade Serbedzija
- Brick Top
- Alan Ford
- Doug the Head
- Mike Reid
- Tommy
- Stephen Graham
- Mum O'Neil
- Sorcha Cusack
- Vinny
- Robbie Gee
- Sol
- Lennie James
- Mullet
- Ewen Bremner
- Darren
- Jason Flemyng
Crew
- Director
- Guy Ritchie
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