Snatch Analysis

Snatch is a 2000 comedy Crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It stars; Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Vinnie Jones, Benicio Del Toro. It has two intertwining narratives, one following small time boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham), and the other dealing with the search of a stolen diamond. The Film opens with the heist of the Diamond, it stands apart from most action films as it starts quietly and follows some men talking. This is done to build tension that finally culminates in the heist.

It follows the Lock, Stock formula closely. Clearly showing Ritchie’s influence at every facet. All the characters are given odd and often comical names (Bullet Tooth Tony, Brick Top, Gorgeous George) and Title cards are used to introduce each one of them and to give a little bit of a background. The intertwining narrative is presented well and it is almost hard to tell where the story differs, the comedy in the film is witty and clever, coming up with a lot of quotable lines. Although the plot can be quite confusing to some, due to Ritchie’s high speed take on film making which means the story dances between characters introducing new ones often enough that all the names can get confusing.

Although complex, the story is good however and the cast of characters are all interesting, although there is a lot of them none of them fall flat and each are memorable. The complexity of the plot can often make it feel like it is inconsequential however and rather it’s just Ritchie’s excuse to hop from one unlikely spectacle to another. The movie is fun and fast paced but the story doesn’t build and just seem to arrive at the end, rather than being built up toward it.