Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-02-19
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Hindi
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 99 minutes

Amazon.co.uk 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

Video Description
DVD Special Features

Disc One:
Widescreen feature
Director/Producer Commentary
Stealing Stone Feature Option
Weblink

Disc Two:
"Making of"
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
Behind-the-Scenes (B-Roll)
Soundbites (Interviews)
TV Spots
International Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Storyboard Comparisons with Multi-Angle Option
Jump to a Song
Photo Library
Production Notes
Filmographies
PLUS Hidden Extras!

Synopsis
A wild and tangled crime adventure involving gangsters, Irish gypsies, and a dog that can't stop swallowing things, SNATCH is both hilarious and action-packed. Jewel thief Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is in London en route to New York, where he will deliver an 86-karat diamond to his boss, Avi (Dennis Farina). A compulsive gambler, Franky is tempted into an illegal boxing scam, becoming the unwitting suspect in a robbery committed by bumbling pawnshop owners Vinny (Robbie Gee), Sol (Lennie James), and their oaf-of-a-driver, Tyrone (Ade). Meanwhile, novice boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham), and his dim-witted partner, Tommy (Stephen Graham), move into the "big time" with twisted crime boss, Brick Top (Alan Ford), and Mickey, a mumbling, unhinged Irish gypsy boxer (Brad Pitt) and his band of travelling Pykies (including Paul O'Boyle as Paddy). Thrown into the proceedings are killers Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) and Boris the Blade (Rade Sherbedgia). A stylized work with a gritty urban soundtrack and a cast of intricately developed characters, SNATCH delivers superb and witty dialogue while depicting one of the more zany, complex diamond heists ever portrayed in film.

Customer Reviews

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, guns, snappy dressers, and uber-cool lines initially grace the screen nicely, but it eventually comes clear that these are being shoe-horned in to build a trendy flick. But when you can see through it - it just doesn't work.

In a nutshell: Whereas a 'Lock, Stock...' was a film which came from nowhere and became the coolest flick around, 'Snatch' knows exactly what it wants to be, it is sharply written and well directed, but it isn't allowed to be it's own film. It doesn't fall in the shadow of 'Lock, Stock...' - it actively follows it. Appearing to be cool isn't the same as actually being cool. What made the predecessor so fresh, makes this so average.

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, jew, ganagsters, dogs and great british humour make this another brilliant guy ritchie rollercoaster!!!!!!!!!!!

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.