SNATCH
4 out of 5 stars

with characters like franky four fingers, boris the blade, and bullet tooth tony, you already know you’re going to enjoy such a creation by the father of british gangster films, guy ritchie. this one’s an oldie (made in 2000), but it’s sooooo good! (and just in time for st. patrick’s day too!)



franky four fingers (benicio del toro) sticks up a jewish bank dressed as a rabbi along with his russian help, and steals a 80 carat diamond. one of the russians tips off his brother, boris the blade (you know him as “that russian guy” from any movie that has a russian guy in it), who decides he’s going to go after the diamond, himself. of course, franky has decided to sell it to his friend in the states known as cousin avi (dennis favrina), and therein lies that problem...


the diamond is the least of our concern, especially with two gents by the names of turkish (a milk drinking jason statham) and his associate tommy. both turkish and tommy are boxing promoters, and they decide to buy a caravan together. (in english: a trailer) they go looking to buy one from a irish gypsy named mickey o’neil (brad pitt with the most incoherent/outrageous “pikey” accent), but get into trouble when their main guy gets injured in a boxing match with mickey. it’s bad enough that gorgeous george (their main guy) is injured, but he was suppose to fight in a fixed match with one of brick top (british veteran actor alan ford)’s guys. brick top is a ruthless gangster in the british underworld, who has a pig farm as a mechanism of getting rid of bodies. (apparently pigs can consume human parts the fastest....eww!) so...therein lies that problem...


lastly, we are introduced to sol, vincent, and tyrone. probably the world’s most stupidest/clumsiest bunch of thieves but with HILARIOUS results. (LOVED it when tyrone couldn’t get his fat ass out of the car... and, he’s the getaway driver! oh, the irony...) sol and vincent own a pawn shop together, but gets a proposition from boris the blade to steal the diamond from franky plus steal the money from one of brick top’s bookies. the diamond comes to boris, and the notes (british slang for bills) can be pocketed by the pawn shop owners. does it go to plan? haha! (not really...) so, therein lies that problem...


certainly hats are off to brad pitt whose “pikey” or irish gypsy accent is just awesome. not even the brit natives can understand what he’s saying, and that makes all his scenes even more awesome... especially when he is shirtless? OMG, that man is just IRISH GOLD... ;)