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SNATCH
There
is much truth to be gained from its humorous look at sin.
Review By David Bruce
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SNATCH
(2001)
This page was created on January 18, 2001
This page was last updated on May 16, 2005 |
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 Directed
by Guy Ritchie
Written by Guy Ritchie
Benicio
Del Toro .... Franky Four Fingers
Dennis Farina .... Cousin Avi
Vinnie Jones .... Bullet Tooth Tony
Brad Pitt .... One Punch' Mickey ONeil
Rade Serbedzija .... Boris The Blade
Jason Statham .... Turkish
Alan Ford .... Brick
Top Mike Reid .... Doug The Head
Robbie Gee .... Vinny
Lennie James .... Sol
Ewen Bremner .... Mullet
Produced
by Michael Dreyer (line), Stephen Marks (executive), Peter Morton
(executive), Angad Paul (executive), Sebastian Pearson (associate),
Taha Ali Reza (associate), Trudie Styler (executive), Steve Tisch
(executive), Matthew Vaughn
Original music by John Murphy
Cinematography by Tim Maurice-Jones
Film Editing by Jon Harris Les Healey
Rated
R for strong violence, language and some nudity.
Runnint time: 114 minutes
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1. Kuasehfgaiurgh
- Brad Pitt (dialogue from film)
2. Diamond
- Klint
3. Supermoves - Overseer
4. Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers
5. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
6. Dreadlock Holiday - 10CC
7. Hava Nagila - John Murphy
8. AVI Arrives - Dennis Farina (dialogue from film)
9. Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks
10. Disco Science - Mirwais
11. Nemesis - Alan Ford (dialogue from film)
12. Hot Pants (I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming) - Bobby Byrd
13. Lucky Star - Madonna
14. Ghost Town - The Specials
15. Are You There - Klint 16. Sensual Woman - The Herbalis
17. Massive Attack - Angel
18. F**kin In The Bushes - Oasis
19. Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns
20. AVI's
Declaration - Dennis Farina (dialogue from film)
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Stealin'
Stones and Breakin' Bones
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STUDIO
SYNOPSIS:
 A
diamond heist gone helter-skelter, the rough and tumble world of bare
knuckle boxing, a colorful Irish gypsy and...a dog. Writer-director
Guy Ritchie's highly anticipated Snatch
is a rollicking ride through London's gangster world, the bustling
diamond district and a rowdy gypsy camp.
Diamond
thief and courier Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) arrives
in London en route to New York to deliver a huge diamond to boss
Avi (Dennis Farina). In his mission to offload smaller stones to
Avi's cousin, Doug 'The Head' (Mike Reid) and other local Hatton
Garden jewellers, he is tempted into placing a bet on an illegal
boxing bout by Boris 'The Blade' (Rade Sherbedgia). Little does
he know that Boris has set him up - and local pawnshop owners Vinny
(Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James), along with their rather plump
getaway driver, Tyrone (Ade) are to rob him at the bookies.
Meanwhile,
novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and his
business partner Tommy (Stephen Graham) move into the 'big time'
through a fight with local kingpin villain, boxing promoter and
pig farm owner, Brick Top (Alan Ford). But when the novice's fighter
is knocked out by Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), a wildcard Irish gypsy
boxer, the boys convince him to fight in their boxer's place in
Brick Top's rigged match.
Unfortunately,
Mickey proves to be highly unreliable and the duo find themselves
in trouble as the fearless fighter refuses to "go down in the fourth"
as planned. Luckily, the gypsy's prowess and technique impress Brick
Top -- saving all three from the fate of his pig farm. The catch
is Mickey has to fight again -- and has to get it right this time
-- since Brick Top more than happy to use brutality and bloodshed
to make his point.
In
New York, news that Franky has been waylaid by the bookies sends
Avi into a tailspin and he and his henchman hop on a plane to London.
They hire local legend, 'Bullet Tooth' Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find
Franky and the diamond. The sorry fate of the diamond courier is
soon discovered and the hunt for the missing stone launches everyone
into a madcap spiral which threatens to spin out of control...
Double-crossing,
double bluffing and double-dealing abound as various parties pursue
personal agendas -- all of them illegal, some of them farcical and
most of them destined to end in blood, pain and retribution. As
plans go haywire and tempers fray, dogs, diamonds, caravans, boxers
and assorted weaponry get swept up into a chaotic free-for all...
(c) Columbia Pictures
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THE
CHALLENGE
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THE
CHALLENGE TO DAVID
Subject:
Snatch - Spiritual Aspects?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001
From: Last Wave
As
a resident of England myself, and growing up around gypsies and
unlicensed boxing, the plot is not as far fetched as some people
make it out to be. Gypsies do speak in an almost "coded" accent
so no-one else can understand what's going on, and are generally
nice people as long as you don't do business or mess with them.
The scene stealer for me would have to be the confrontation between
a seated Bullet Tooth Tony and the masked Vinny, Sole and Tyrone
where they "compare guns".
Having
seen it in England in mid 2000, I can't remember it too clearly,
and can't really pick out spiritual aspects about it, so it will
be interesting to see what David Bruce of Hollywood Jesus has
to say about this violent British gangster movie. Turkish and
Tommy are given second chances at life, no longer under the threat
of mobster boss Brick Top, and mixing in with the criminal element
can get you into sticky situations. Perhaps there's a moral to
the film after all!
Last Wave
RESPONSE:
Well, the film is about the nature of sin within community.
So, Last Wave, here is my spiritual take on this "violent
British gangster movie." It is a fun take on how sin corrupts
us. There is much truth to be gained from its humorous look at
sin. -David
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REVIEW
This film is study of how temptation leads
to sin and how sin leads to death. I thought I would just quote
scripture with this one.
All scripture from the Message Translation.
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 ...first
sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death.
That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone...
(Romans 5:12) |
 The
temptation to give in to evil comes from
us and only us. We have no
one to blame but the leering, seducing flare-up of our own lust. Lust
gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and
becomes a real killer. (James 1:14-15) |
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For there is a root of sinful self-interest
in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the
free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of
life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way
and at times another way according to how you feel on any given
day. (Galatians 5:17)
Focusing
on the self
is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in
self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That
person ignores who God is and what he is doing. (Romans 8:7)
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 All
who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless, for
sin is a major disruption of God's order. (1 John 3:4) |
 (Sin
is like) a contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty
of fine print only makes sure that you will
never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in
the first place, simply a promise-and God's promise at that-you can't
break it. (Romans 4:15) |
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THE
SNATCH UNDERSCORES THE HUMAN PROBLEM
Scripture leaves no doubt about it:
"There's nobody living right, not even one,
nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God.
They've all taken the wrong turn;
they've all wandered down blind alleys.
No one's living right; I can't find a single one.
Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mud slides.
Every word they speak is tinged with poison.
They open their mouths and pollute the air.
They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year,
litter the land with heartbreak and ruin,
Don't know the first thing about living with others.
They never give God the time of day."
-Romans
3:10-18
Surely
you know that Christ showed up in order to get rid of sin. There
is no sin in him, and sin is not part of his program.
1 John 3:5
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MICKEY
AS A GODLY FIGURE
Subject: Snatch - Movie Review
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001
From: Dave Sawatsky
The
key factors in this movie were Mickey being a Godly figure, and
the unknown. Mickey was almost like a Godly figure to Turkish by
controlling Turkish's fate, and the unknown was that Turkish never
knew what was going on the whole time. He was tossed around with
bad luck and circumstances, and Mickey was the administrator of
that. Turkish had almost resigned himself, he had hit his low in
dealing with the wrong sort of people, but was redeemed by the same
man that he had lost trust in. In the end, despite the way things
were seeming to go, Mickey saved Turkish from what seemed his inevitable
demise. He had brought Turkish into the downward spiral by knocking
out a man when he wasnt supposed to, and then continued to make
it worse by doing it all over again, with more stakes on it. In
the end Turkish sees Mickey knock out a man when he wasnt supposed
again (this is the last straw for Turkish according to the men he
is dealing with). From his perspective, he cannot see how this can
work out for the good in any way possible, he has resigned himself,
BUT, Mickey has other plans. Mickey takes care of business, not
in the way that Turkish had been expecting, but definitely effective.
In a sense Mickey had been in control of Turkish's fate the whole
time, almost as a Godly figure watching over his children.
SNATCH
-GOOD WINS OVER EVIL
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001
From: "helen charrier"
This
is another story supporting our belief that good overcomes evil.
Turkish has the appeal of innocence (no blood on his hands) in the
midst of the criminals and the greedy and he is sensitive. The bad
guys get what's coming to them (was it Divine Intervention, or circumstance?)
I felt it was an original experience and learned lots about this
English gangsta environment; however, I tasted a little of the flavor
of "Pulp Fiction" in the mix but it was still charming and funny
and enjoyable. I can't wait until it goes to video because some
of the dialogue needs to be put on "rewind", in order to be completely
understood.
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