1/04/2010

Snatch (2000)

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"You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."

After Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) and his crew, disguised as Hassic rabbis, steal a flawless 86-carat diamond in Antwerp, he flees to London to sell the goods. Doug "The Head" Denovitz (Mike Reid) in London and his Cousin Ari Denovitz (Dennis Farina) in NYC, want it -- want it bad -- but then Four Fingers goes missing.

Ari flies to London to find him, hiring Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) as his goon. Meanwhile, Boris "The Blade" Yurinov (Rade Sherbedgia) hires incompetent thugs (Lennie James, Robbie Gee, Ade) to find Four Fingers and retreive the diamond.

Meanwhile, an unlicensed boxing promoter named Turkish (Jason Statham) and his parter in crime Tommy (Stephen Graham) are pressured by one ruthless bookie, Brick Top (Alan Ford), to throw a match. When their boxer, Gorgeous George (Adam Fogerty), gets KO'd in a brawl with the pikey (Irish gypsy) named Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), Turkish recruits Mickey to be the bare-knuckled boxer to go down in the ring to satisfy Brick Top.

Before long, everyone's after the diamond in this wild ride by writer/director Guy Ritchie.

Run time: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Rated R for violence and language.

My personal rating: B

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