Snatch (2000)
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro
Synopsis:
Boxing promoters run afoul of a mobster when they substitute their fighter with a transient.
Impressions:
Guy Ritchie set a precedent with his earlier Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels that carries over here. You have hapless protagonists who get in deep with a very dangerous man and have to claw their way out amidst the clash of several subplots involving a variety of colorful characters. I particularly liked the Pikeys headed by Brad Pitt as Mickey and Vinnie Jones as Bullet-Tooth Mickey. Alan Ford is also quite good as main villain Brick Top. It's a very entertaining, funny film (albeit with humor that tends to be on the black side) with a great payoff. I highly recommend it. Give it a watch.
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