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Snatch - Two Disc Set [2000]
from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Ade, William Beck, Andy Beckwith
directed by Guy Ritchie

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Snatch, the follow-up to the Guy Ritchie'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. Okay, 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.

Moreover, no one can complain about the amount of extras featured on this DVD that includes 15 minutes of deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, trailer, storyboards, production notes and commentary from Ritchie himself. 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 'er indoors. --Clark Collis

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Lock, Stock's uglier twin.
  There's no doubt that 'Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels' was a magnificent example of a new film maker at his creative best. With Snatch though it feels like Guy Ritchie found his comfort zone and set up permanent camp there.
  The film contains some very clever dialogue, and many of the characters display a deep philosophical intelligence you don't expect from a thug - this brings humour and style, but it also seems as though the film tries a bit too hard to be 'Lock, Stock...'.
  Jack-the-Lads,... more info

• the ultra coo,l fun british crime caper follow up to lock,stock
  guy ritchie had a breakthrough british gangster gem with lock,stock and now with snatch he has played all the same moves again just with different characthers and actors making this an unnoficial sequel to lock, stock. This time its pikey boxers, brad pitt, untouchable russians, bullet toot tony, stolen diamonds, dodgy fights and a dog who will eat anything,. As always its fun, fast and action packed with great jokes, characthers, violence, scene, stupid robbers, a tangled web of boxers, diamonds, russians,... more info

• I Hate Gangster Films.
  I just dont know what motivates a writer to create a story framed in that environment.
  No gangsters here though, just fantastic characters and an interesting tale which drags you along at a rare old pace. The'dag'(dog) had me in stitches and if you watch the special feaures, so were the crew.
  Hugely enjoyable.

• A FUNNY TALE ABOUT ENGLISH GANGSTERS
  The release of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 prompted a schism in the staid gangster movie genre: the standard hallmarks - serious characters, gunfights, intrigue and damsels in distress - were enhanced with snappy dialogue, and gallows humour. The biggest change however was the introduction of the mobius strip-style plot line, where the concept of time is no longer linear, instead constantly folding in upon itself, flitting between past, present and future that forces the viewer to pay close attention... more info

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