Snatch
Movie, 2000, The 2000s, Set in A stolen diamond
Snatch is #2 of 18 in release order and #2 of 18 in chronological order in the Guy Ritchie.
The story
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Snatch recap
Snatch (2000) crosses a hunt for a stolen 84-carat diamond with an unlicensed boxing promoter forced to fix a fight for a sadistic London gangster. Guy Ritchie's second feature reuses much of the Lock, Stock cast. Franky Four-Fingers (Benicio del Toro) robs an Antwerp jeweller and brings the stone to London for Cousin Avi (Dennis Farina), but the arms dealer Boris the Blade (Rade Šerbedžija) has three small-time crooks rob a bookmaker to grab Franky. Promoter Turkish (Jason Statham) and his partner Tommy (Stephen Graham) lose their boxer when the Irish Traveller Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt) knocks him out over a caravan deal, so they put Mickey in the ring for Brick Top (Alan Ford), who demands he go down in the fourth round. Avi hires Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to recover the stone, and Brick Top's men burn the caravan of Mickey's mother with her inside.
Snatch ending explained
Snatch ends with the diamond inside a dog and Brick Top dead. Mickey refuses to stay down, wins the fight after betting on himself, and the Travellers kill Brick Top and his men in an ambush. Boris and Tony die in the scramble for the stone, Avi shoots Tony by accident while aiming at the dog that swallowed it, and he flies home in disgust. Turkish and Tommy end up with the dog, a vet retrieves the diamond, and Doug the Head calls Avi back to London to buy it. A television spin-off followed in 2017.
Post-credits scenes
No. Snatch has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Snatch
Snatch is streaming on Prime Video and Sundance Now in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes 25%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, before Swept Away.
- Chronological order: after Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, before Swept Away.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Turkish
- Alan Ford as Brick Top
- Stephen Graham as Tommy
- Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil
- Dennis Farina as Avi
- Robbie Gee as Vinny
- Lennie James as Sol
- Benicio del Toro as Franky Four Fingers
- Rade Šerbedžija as Boris The Blade
- Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony
- Ade as Tyrone
- Mike Reid as Doug The Head
Directed by Guy Ritchie.