Snatch

Usually it might seem a tad unfair to begin a review by referring to the director's missis. But then the missis in question wouldn't usually be Madonna--a woman whose ability to reinvent herself several times before breakfast seems in marked contrast to that of hubby Guy Ritchie. Certainly, this follow-up to the filmmaker's breakthrough film--the high-energy, expletive-strewn cockney-gangster movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels--hardly breaks new ground being, well, another high-energy, expletive-strewn cockney-gangster movie. OK, so there are some differences. This time around our low-rent hoodlums are battling over dodgy fights and stolen diamonds rather than dodgy card games and stolen drugs. There has been some minor reshuffling of the cast too, with Sting and Dexter Fletcher making way for the more bankable Benicio Del Toro and Brad Pitt, the latter pretty much stealing the whole shebang as an incomprehensible Irish gypsy. And, sure, people who really, really liked Lock, Stock--or have the memory of a goldfish--will really, really like this. The suspicion lingers, however, that if the director doesn't do something very different next time around then his career may prove to be considerably shorter than that of his missis. --Clark Collis

Movie Details

Cast: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Rade Serbedzija, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Vinnie Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Mike Reid, Jason Flemyng, Andy Beckwith, William Beck, Ewen Bremner
MPAA Rating: R
Running time: 103 minutes
DVD Aspect Ratios: Widescreen 1.85:1

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DVD Features:

Animated & Interactive Menus

Production Notes

Disc 1:

Director & Producer Audio Commentary

"Stealing Stones"

Branching

Scene Selections

Disc 2:

"Making Snatch" Featurette

Storyboard Comparisons

Deleted Scenes

Video Photo Gallery

TV Spots

Theatrical Trailers

Direct Link To Official Website

Filmographies

International rating:

Europe: 15
Japan: PG-13
Australia: MA

DVD International release dates:
North America: Jun 3, 03

VHS International release dates:
North America: Nov 6, 01