Year:
2000
Studio:
Columbia Pictures, SKA Films
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
3/5
Even though Pulp Fiction
didn't originate the trend, I identify a certain film genre by saying
those films are like Pulp Fiction.
Multiple intertwining plotlines, graphic though not gory violence,
street-level gritty settings, those are the kinds of attributes that I
think of when I think of Pulp Fiction.
Snatch is such a
film. It is about several groups of people bumping and clashing into
each other and it all revolves about an 84-caret diamond. We have the
following groups and storylines:
1. Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) starts out with the diamond.
He goes to London on his way back to New York. Cousin Avi (Dennis
Farina) knows that Franky is unreliable at best and decides to go to
London to make sure the diamond is safe.
2. Boris (Rade Serbedzija) is going to steal the diamond. He hires...
3. Vincent (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James). Relatively incompetent
low-life who in the process of getting the diamond run afoul of...
4. Brick Top (Alan Ford), the local underworld crime boss. Once he
knows about the diamond Brick wants it. But meanwhile he has an illegal
boxing match to oversee.
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5. Turkish
(Jason Stathan) and Tommy (Stephen Graham) have a fighter for that
match. Unfortunately Mickey (Brad Pitt) is quite unpredictable and he
may not go down like he's supposed to.
There are a few other people and everything gets jumbled. The story
jumps around though luckily it rarely jumps back in time to see a
situation from another point of view.
Overall I thought this was an ok movie.
Extras
Commentary with director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn.
Deleted scenes which you can only access through watching the movie and
looking for a special diamond symbol on the screen. You have to turn
this feature on and on my computer once the diamond came on it never
turned off. Most annoying but apparently they're also available on the
bonus disk.
Bonus Disk
Making Snatch - 25 min
Deleted Scenes - six, with commentary
Storyboard comparisons
Introduction of characters, Avi goes to London, the big fight
Video photo gallery - 5 min with Ken Burns effects
U.S. tv spots
Theatrical trailers
Filmographies
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