Snatch (film)
Snatch | |
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Directed by | Guy Ritchie |
Written by | Guy Ritchie |
Produced by | Matthew Vaughn |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Tim Maurice-Jones |
Edited by | internationally) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[3] |
Box office | $83.6 million[4] |
Snatch is a 2000
The film features an assortment of characters, including
The film shares themes, ideas, and motifs with Ritchie's first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It is also filmed in the same visual style and features many of the same actors, including Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, and Alan Ford.
Plot
A gang of robbers dressed as
Meanwhile, unlicensed boxing promoter and
Boris gives Franky a revolver in exchange for a favour: Franky is to place a bet on Boris' behalf at Brick Top's
Instead of throwing the fight, Mickey once again knocks his opponent out with a single punch. Infuriated, Brick Top seizes Turkish's savings and demands that Mickey fight again and lose. Mickey refuses to fight again unless Turkish buys an even better caravan for his mother, but Turkish has no money to pay for it. In order to force Mickey to fight, Brick Top's men trash Turkish's arcade and burn down Mickey's mother's caravan, killing her. They then track down Tyrone, Sol, and Vinny to kill them for robbing his bookies. Sol bargains for their lives by offering Brick Top the stolen diamond, and is given 48 hours to retrieve it.
Avi and Doug hire Bullet-Tooth Tony to help them find Franky. When the trail leads to Boris, they kidnap him and retrieve the diamond, while being closely pursued by Sol, Vinny, and Tyrone. Turkish and Tommy, who are on their way to purchase a gun from Boris, are driving on the same stretch of road at the time. When Tommy throws Turkish's carton of milk out of their car window, it splashes over Tony's windscreen, causing him to crash, killing Rosebud. Boris escapes from the wreck only to be hit by Tyrone's car.
Tony and Avi are confronted by Sol, Vinny, and Tyrone at a pub but Tony intimidates them into leaving by commenting that their pistols are all replicas while his handgun is real. The wounded Boris arrives with an assault rifle and a grenade launcher looking for the diamond, but is shot and killed by Tony, who also wounds Tyrone. Sol and Vinny leave the wounded Tyrone and escape with the diamond, which Vinny hides in his pants. When Tony catches up to them, they tell him that the diamond is back at their pawn shop.
Once there, Vinny pretends to have misplaced the diamond, then accuses his dog, which he got earlier from the Travellers, of eating it. When Avi tells Tony to kill the dog, Vinny gives in and produces the diamond from his pants, but the dog snatches the diamond away and runs off, presumably back to the Travellers' campsite. Avi wildly fires at the fleeing dog, accidentally killing Tony. Avi then gives up and returns to New York City.
Mickey agrees to fight to avoid more carnage, but gets so drunk after his mother's wake that Turkish fears he will not make it to the fourth round. If he fails to go down in the fourth round as agreed, Brick Top vows that his men will murder Turkish, Tommy, Mickey, and all the Travellers.
At the fight, Mickey makes it to the fourth round as per Brick Top's plan, and is knocked down by his opponent. But at the last moment, Mickey recovers and once again knocks out his opponent with one punch. Outside the arena, as Tommy, Turkish, and Mickey try to run for their lives, Brick Top and his men are ambushed and killed by the Travellers. It is revealed that this has all been planned out by Mickey to avenge his mother. In fact, instead of throwing his fights as instructed, he had been secretly betting on himself to win - making huge profits, due to Brick Top driving up his odds.
The next morning, Turkish and Tommy find the Travellers' campsite deserted as Mickey and "the pikeys" have escaped with their winnings. When confronted by the police, Turkish and Tommy cannot explain why they are there, until Vinny's dog suddenly appears and they claim to be walking it. On their way back, they cross paths with Sol and Vinny, who are arrested for hiding Franky and Tony's bodies in the boot of their car. Sol and Vinny watch in defeat as Turkish and Tommy drive away with the dog and the diamond.
Turkish and Tommy take the dog to a veterinarian to extract a squeaky toy that it had swallowed, and consequently discover the diamond in its stomach. They consult Doug about selling the diamond and he calls Avi, who returns to London to purchase it.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Turkish
- Stephen Graham as Tommy
- Dennis Farina as Abraham "Cousin Avi" Denovitz
- Brad Pitt as Mickey O’Neil
- Alan Ford as "Brick Top" Pulford
- Benicio del Toro as Franky Four-Fingers
- Robbie Gee as "Vinny" Vincent
- Lennie James as "Sol" Solomon
- Ade as Tyrone
- Rade Šerbedžija as Boris "The Blade" Yurinov
- Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony
- Adam Fogerty as Gorgeous George
- Mike Reid as Doug "The Head" Denovitz
- Nicola and Teena Collins as Alex and Susi
- Sorcha Cusack as Mrs O'Neil
- Jason Flemyng as Darren
- Goldie as Bad Boy Lincoln
- Velibor Topić as The Russian
- Sam Douglas as Rosebud
- Ewen Bremner as Mullet
- Andy Beckwith as Errol
- Dave Legeno as John
- William Beck as Neil
- Sol Campbell as Bouncer at Boxing match (uncredited)
Production
Principal photography for Snatch was filmed between 18 October and 12 December 1999, in London and Buckinghamshire.[5] A half-hour documentary of the production of the film was released featuring much of the cast along with Ritchie.[6] Tom Delmar worked as the stunts choreographer for Snatch, and he has also choreographed stunt sequences in films such as Aliens, 102 Dalmatians and Velayudham.[7]
Reception
Box office
Snatch was largely successful, both in critical response and financial gross, and has gone on to develop a devoted cult following. From a budget of $10 million,[3] the film grossed £12,137,698 in the United Kingdom,[8] $30.3 million in the United States and Canada, and a total of $83.6 million worldwide.[4]
Critical response
On
While the film received mostly positive reviews, several reviewers commented negatively on perceived similarities in plot, character, setting, theme and style between Snatch and Ritchie's previous work, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. In his review, Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing that while ostensibly rooted in the London underworld, Pitt's Irish traveller community were the most interesting element of the plot and the film's clearest predecessors were all American: Dick Tracy comics, Damon Runyon stories, and zany Marx Brothers comedies. He raised the question of "What am I to say of Snatch, Ritchie's new film, which follows the 'Lock, Stock' formula so slavishly it could be like a new arrangement of the same song?"[12]
Writing in the
Soundtrack
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Two versions of the soundtrack album were released, one on the Universal International label with 23 tracks.[17]
Track listing
- "Diamond" – Klint
- "Vere Iz da Storn?" – Benicio del Toro
- "Supermoves" – Overseer
- "Hernando's Hideaway" – The Johnston Brothers
- "Zee Germans" – Jason Statham
- "Golden Brown" – The Stranglers
- "Dreadlock Holiday" – 10cc
- "Hava Nagila" – John Murphy and Daniel L. Griffiths
- "Avi Arrives" – Dennis Farina
- "Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)" – Maceo & the Macks
- "Disco Science" – Mirwais
- "Nemesis" – Alan Ford
- "Hot Pants (I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming)" – Bobby Byrd
- "Madonna
- "Come Again!" – Alan Ford
- "Ghost Town" – The Specials
- "Shrinking Balls" – Vinnie Jones
- "Sensual Woman" – The Herbaliser
- "Angel" – Massive Attack
- "RRRR...Rumble" – Charles Cork
- "Fuckin' in the Bushes" – Oasis
- "Avi's Declaration" – Dennis Farina
- "Don't You Just Know It" – Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
Home media
The film has been released in multiple incarnations on DVD and other formats.
In July 2001, a two-disc "
In September 2002, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released a "Deluxe Collection" DVD as part of the company's Superbit series. This release contained two discs, one being the special features disc of the original DVD release, and the other a superbit version of the feature. As is the case with superbit presentations, the disc was absent of the additional features included in the original standard DVD, such as the audio commentary. The disc contained subtitles in eight different languages including a "pikey" track, which only showed subtitles for the character Mickey.[citation needed]
In June 2003, a single disc setup was released, with new cover art, containing the feature disc of the special edition set. This version was simply a repackaging, omitting the second disc.[citation needed]
In July 2021, Sony Pictures released Snatch on the 4k Ultra HD format, which features an HDR transfer of the film along with the special features of the previously released Blu-Ray. [2][3]
Television
In April 2016, it was announced that a television series based on Snatch was in development, with the associated studios comparing the series to how the
The series had 20 episodes,l running one hour-long each, and was named the most-viewed series for the streamer.[19] The project was announced as a joint-venture production between Sony Pictures Television, Little Island Productions, and Sony Crackle Originals.[20] The series debuted on 16 March 2017 and ran for two seasons.[21][19]
See also
- Hyperlink cinema – the film style of using multiple inter-connected story lines
- Irish Travellers
- Shelta
- Heist film
Notes
- ^ "Snatch (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 August 2000. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Snatch (2001)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Snatch (2000)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Snatch (2000)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Where Was Snatch (2000) Filmed?". 2 July 2022.
- ^ The Making of SNATCH. Documentary of film production. [1].
- ^ "Tom is the stunts choreographer for films like 'Snatch' and 'Velayudham'". IndiaGlitz.com. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Snatch. (2000) – Box office / business". IMDb. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^ "Snatch (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Snatch (2000) - B". CinemaScore. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b Ebert, Roger (19 January 2001). "Reviews – Snatch". Sun Times. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (19 January 2001). "'Snatch': Man, All They Wanted Was to Go Buy a Trailer". New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^ Gonzales, Dillon (16 March 2021). "Guy Ritchie's Cult Favorite Crime Film 'Snatch' Hits 4K UHD Blu-Ray This June". Geek Vibes Nation. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Malvern, Jack. "Film critics and viewers at odds over ratings, analysis of IMDb shows". The Times. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ Soundtrack for Snatch. Original Release Date : 2000, Label : Universal I.S., ASIN : B00004YTY1.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (20 April 2016). "Crackle Greenlights 'Snatch' Drama Series Based on Guy Ritchie Movie". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d Andreeva, Nellie (19 April 2017). "Crackle Orders 'The Oath' Drama Series Produced By 50 Cent & Movie 'In The Cloud', Renews 'Snatch' & 'SuperMansion'". Deadline. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Prudom, Laura (22 August 2016). "Rupert Grint to Star in 'Snatch' Series from Crackle". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Britton, Luke Morgan (17 January 2017). "Watch Rupert Grint go gangster in trailer for 'Snatch' TV show". NME. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links
- Official website (archived)
- Snatch at IMDb
- Snatch at Box Office Mojo
- Snatch at AllMovie
- Snatch at Rotten Tomatoes