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Snatch funny,
unpredictable
by Tug Baker
^ The Gamecock
| REVIEW |
MOVIE: Snatch
STARRING: Brad Pitt
GRADE: ☆☆☆ out of ☆☆☆☆
What do Russian and Jewish
gangsters, boxing promoters, a gypsy
boxer, Cockney gangsters, pigs, a dog and
a huge diamond have in common?
Truthfully, it’s hard to say. In fact, it’s
doubtful that writer/director Guy Ritchie
could tell. Maybe that’s the point.
Somehow, though, it seems there really
isn’t a point to Ritchie’s new movie Snatch.
That doesn’t mean it isn’t dangerously
^ hilarious.
It’s hard to synopsize the plot, but
here goes: Franky Four Fingers (Benecio
Del Toro) has stolen “a diamond the size
of a fist” and plans on giving it to Jewish
gangster Avi (Dennis Farina), but only
after a quick trip to London.
Sidetracked by gambling
opportunities, he is crossed by Russian
gangster Boris the Blade (Rade
Sherbedgia) who has hired three
unlikely criminals (Robbie Gee, Lennie
James and Ade) to steal Frankv’s diamond.
which is easier said than done because it’s
in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.
For the second storyline, if it can be
called that, boxing promoter Turkish
(Jason Statham) has come under the watch
of local kingpin Brick Top (Alan Ford), a
dangerous place to be.
Along comes Mickey O’Neil (Brad
Pitt), an unintelligible boxer who doesn’t
know how to follow orders,
ft The main draw of Snatch isn’t the
plot, though. It’s the complete absurdity
of the situations the characters get
themselves in. The characters, with Dick
Tracy-esque names such as Bullet Tooth
Tony, are zany creatures not unlike the
Marx Brothers, and when played so well
by this top-notch cast, they’re somehow
believable.
Special to The Gamecock
Benicio del Toro as Franky Four
Fingers In Guy Ritchie’s Snatch
from Screen Gems
Snatch is so much in the same vein as
Ritchie’s first movie, Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels that some have called it
a sequel. Like that movie, people either
love or hate Snatch.
Both of Ritchie’s movies involve a
confusing romp around London with
darkly funny criminals who are mere
pawns of fate searching for some valuable
object, two antique guns in Smoking
Barrels and a diamond in Snatch.
There isn’t much here that is new
from Smoking Barrels, and anyone who
criticizes the movie for that is in the right;
however, Snatch is such a blast that it’s
hard to care. It’s best thought of this way:
when having your favorite meal from your
favorite restaurant, you don’t expect
anything new.
You just expect that same great taste.
Snatch is no different. Expect the
unexpected and enjoy the wildly witty
dialogue and helter-skelter antics of
bumbling criminals. Where else are you
going to find out about the advantages of
feeding human bodies to pigs?
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