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Jason Statham, Rade Serbedzija and Vinnie Jones. Rated Rated R for strong violence, language and some nudity. RATING CANADA... Rated AA for extreme violence and excessive language. |
 Comedy Drama Thriller Guns,diamonds and more guns...yowza. |
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This is a warning to pay attention during SNATCH. There are way too many characters to keep up with. Why I even lost track of Benicio Del Toro's character, Four Finger Franky. The action and the dialogue comes fast and furious in this film, so try to keep up. When it comes to One Punch Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt don't even try to understand what he is saying. His character is a wiley hard drinking, hard punching gypsy who speaks in an nearly undecipherable brogue that sounds like a guy who consumed a few cases of beer. Director Ritchie doesn't give us one main character, he gives us almost 20 main characters. There is not one actor who is the actual lead. Now I figure most North Americans will latch on to Brad Pitt, as the lead, because we know him better than most of the British actors. My favourites, beside Pitt who excels in his part, is Dennis Farina who plays Cousin Avi a mobster from America, and Alan Ford who plays Brick Top, the pig loving boxing promoter who is just an out and out cold blooded vicious killer. The word morals just doesn't exist in his vocabulary. The others are excellent as well but these three entertained me the most. Oops, I forgot to mention the dog who manages to steal every scene he is in. The action in this film is really the important part of the film. The characters are really secondary to all the mayhem, robberies, hit and runs and killings that make up up this plot. Basically it is the story of two small time fight operators and arcade owners who become involved with some real unsavory mobsters and a real nut of a fighter. Everyone else is involved in a plot to do with the theft of a huge diamond, in Belgium, by a bunch of crooks dressed as Rabbis. You could say that the diamond is the actual lead since it does affect everyone. Cousin Avi a mobster from the States has a Huge diamond stolen at a Belgium store. Four crooks dressed as Rabbis perform the nefarious deed. The diamond was supposed to change hands in England but things do not go as planned. The ensuing chaos brings in a motley set of players. The character, Turkish played by Jason Statham narrates this little story so that we can keep up with the plot. His plot line will eventually intersect with the rest of the film's plots. Turkish has a loyal buddy in Tommy played by Stephen Graham. They are a pair of boxing promoters who arrange illegal bare-knuckle boxing bouts. He has a fight set up with Brick Top's boxer. Brick Top is not someone to have on your case. Not only is he the underworld's top crime lord but he also owns a pig farm. This comes in very handy as he likes to chop up his enemies and feed them to the pigs to get rid of all the evidence. Turkish and Tommy are in a fix with Brick Top. Turkish's man, Georgeous George is knocked out by One Punch' Mickey ONeil. Turkish strikes up a a wierd deal with Mickey to replace George. The catch is that Brick Top wants Mickey to take a dive. One punch and Brick Top's boxer is out like a light. This of course puts Turkish in the outs with Brick Top. In one of the other plots we have Franky Four Fingers trying to smuggle the stolen 84 carat diamond from Antwerp, Belgium to London and then finally to New York to give it to Avi (beautifully acted by Dennis Farina). Four Fingers gets involved with the Russian crime boss Boris The Blade played by Boris Shergedgia. A real hardcase who seems to have nine lives. When Franky goes missing with the diamond Cousin Avi flys to London to find him. Once there Avi hires Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to act as his body guard while they search for Franky and the diamond. Now we also have a bunch of inept black gangsters who are supposed to rob Frankie Four Fingers and relieve him of the diamond. They lose the diamond when they run afoul of Brick Top. It seems that some one's pet swallows the diamond. Things go extremely out of control sending Cousin Avi fleeing back to America. Who is really in control and who wins the day? You'll be surprised with the complex goings on and the final conclusions. Snatch was real pleasure to watch so this is a film that I highly recommend for all adults. If harsh language and excessive violence offends you, then pass this one by otherwise pass the popcorn.  |
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