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Summary: Pikers are Funny
Review: Not the greatest comedy I saw this year, but I must applaud Brad Pitt in a stellar performance of a incomprehendible piker burned-out bare-knuckle boxer. The flick was fairly drawn out in portions, but somewhat memorable nonetheless.
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Summary: Great Film
Review: Normally I hate movies. Most of them [stink]. This one was great. It had everything. Double crossing russians. Bare knuckle boxing. Pig feeding gangsters.Basically it came down to two interconnecting stories. One centers around underground boxing. The other follows a stolen diamond. It's chuck full of memorable characters and comedy.
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Summary: Must see!
Review: This is such a great movie. Brad Pitt plays such a convincing role, yet he is not the scene stealer! This is a must for your DVD collection.
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Summary: One of the Best!
Review: This is proubly one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. I laughed so much that I thought I was going to die. Brad Pitt's accent and character really tip things off. I recomend this to anyone. It's totally hilarious in a dark sort of way. Dennis Farrina is also increadibly funny. I highly recomend this to anyone wanting a really good laugh. Also, have a large amount of sugar intake before you watch this movie, you won't be able to stop laughing. Believe me, its worth it.
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Summary: Just like Ritchie's other movie, but I still loved it.
Review: 'Snatch' has many similiar story elements to 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' but has a better cast and, in my opinion, is just as much fun to watch. In the immediate wake of Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction' it seemed that every shootemup movie was being compared to Tarantino's work. While I would still place PF and RD slightly above Ritchie's movies, I love them and feel that they can both be fairly compared to Tarantino's. 'Snatch' has a great soundtrack and the DVD will even let you turn on subtitles exclusively for the pikeys. One thing that I like about Snatch is that, like in Lock Stock, all the scenes of violence are never shown directly. While there is still more than a healthy amount of violence in these movies, it is nice that you never actually have to see someone getting shot or stabbed. Oh and, I almost forgot to mention, this movie is hilarious. Rent it first to see if its your kind of movie, but if you really love Tarantino and were disappointed by the last few incarnations of 'from dusk til dawn.' you may just want to go ahead and buy this one.
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Summary: Faux Tarantino develops it's own identity
Review: I was irritated with the first half hour or so of this movie, as it looked like yet another attempt to rip-off Quentin Tarantino. This is not always bad, since it would be nice if Tarantino released a movie once in awhile. But this one started off to me as a blatant imitation, with it's low-life gangsters with fancy nicknames spouting off intricate dialog. And that's when you can understand a word they are saying, especially Brad Pitt. But once the plot gets established and the cast is able to gel, I enjoyed watching it, and was wondering how certain situations were going to be resolved. The movie is still Tarantino-ish, in that every character is a crook. The two major capers here involve the theft of a diamond that could choke a buffalo. The people interested in this rock are also involved in an underground fight game, ironically involving Brad Pitt, who still has his physique from the orgininal "Fight Game". Now the fights themselves are an interesting situation. They seem to be popular, and of course have a lot of betting action on them. But they all also seem to be fixed, which you would think would keep serious bettors away once the word gets out. But when the fix doesn't always work, then those putting money on it would have to be betting if the fix was "legit" or not. Which is why it gets interesting after awhile. Brad Pitt enters the fight game after pulling a scam to sell a mobile home to some of the fight flunkies, one of which is a star fighter. When the scam is discovered, the fighter takes on Pitt, and Pitt immediately cleans the guy's clock. Faced with needing a fighter or literally getting fed to pigs ala "Hannibal", they recruit Pitt to take his place, under the condition that he has to take a dive in the fourth round. When Pitt's ego/stupidity results in another easy win, it sinks the surrounding mob guys into further pig doo doo. I am not giving anything away here because the setup of the movie is that for the NEXT fight, Pitt is instructed to dump again. Whether he does or not I will leave to your viewing, as they leave it unclear until the very end whether Pitt is going to play ball this time or not, and what will be the aftermath depending on that decision. I thought all of this was very well handled. Throughout all of this is intertwined the caper of "diamond, diamond, who's got the diamond". This all involves Benicio del Toro as the guy unfortunate enough to have it in a suitcase handcuffed to his wrist, a psycopathic Russian to whom the handcuffs are not a barrier, Dennis Farina who comes in from America, and three bumbling characters who don't seem to know what to do with it when they have it. If one considers this all fun, then this is one fun movie.
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Summary: Without question, a brilliant piece of film-making
Review: Short and sweet, this is an amazing piece of work. A total roller-coaster with enough ups and downs, twists and turns to keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The pace and camera work borders on frenetic, but never does the story lose it's focus and rhythm. Scared the pants off me and I may not be able to eat pork ever again because of it.
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Summary: I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! OUTSTANDING!!!
Review: I had no idea what I was in for when I decided to watch "Snatch," but am I ever glad I took the time to watch this movie. Let me say this: this has to be THE BEST CRIME CAPER MOVIE I have ever seen! Wow, this is such a great movie...I don't know what else to say. Just imagine a caper movie where everything that could possibly go wrong does. Imagine a movie where different conflicts and interests drags all of these characters together in a unpredictible situation. Imagine.....a dog that can swallow an entire squeeze toy ball?? Very possible in this movie, in fact, that's all I can tell you. I don't want to give anything away. Performances in this movie: very top knotch. Brad Pitt once again shows how talented of an actor he is (and you can't even understand what the hell he's saying!!!!). The writing is very original and clever, bringing tons of twists, crazy characters, and the most ridiculous scenarios to the tablle; with the end result being a very ingenious movie where everything all comes together and makes sense. Brilliant directing, as well. I like the slow-motion sequences; very clever and well-structured. The DVD is very high quality as well. Lots of special features, concidering this is a two disk set. Haven't gotten through all of them, yet, but I liked what I saw. The picture quality is very good and the sound quality is off the hook. I was amazed by how good this movie sounded. I'll have to get the soundtrack if I get the chance. Despite what critics may think, this is a very clever and hillarious crime caper that will have you laughing like you would never believe. This is one I will be sure to watch over and over again. I am sorry if I couldn't get into too much detail about the story, but that would ruin the movie. The best part of the movie is that it catches you off guard, showing you something you would never expect. I went into seeing this movie without knowing a thing about it, except that is was a caper movie. I am glad I didn't read any reviews that would give away the story. All in all, "Snatch" is an amazing film that pulls no punches. See this one as soon as possible! I loved every minute.
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Summary: A lot of fun
Review: One of the best after Pulp Fiction
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Summary: Stylish, funny, and sarcastic.
Review: I watched this movie in the summer, but from that one viewing, I couldn't really review it. So I waited, and I got it again last night and watched it twice. A second viewing is required to fully enjoy this movie. A first viewing, and you will say, "Pretty good!". A second viewing and you will say, "This is so awesome!"-and every other word that is a synonym to awesome. Slick, stylish, funny-everything you could want in this type of movie. Intermixing storylines give this movie a nice touch, especially when a person from one of the storylines does something that impacts the other storyline without even knowing it. Each character in this movie contributes to the overall effect. By themselves, the characters may be boring. Together, each and every character compliments the other characters, meaning that they all suddenly become a whole lot funnier and more interesting. The reason I needed the second viewing was also because I couldn't understand half of what was being said the first time I watched it. The second time, everything became clear, and suddenly, I understood the whole plot. The third time I watched it, I could understand 5/6 of what Mickey was saying. (and that is an accomplishment in itself) Even if you don't understand the characters (and as you see, half the characters in the movie itself can't understand Mickey either) it is still an enjoyable film. The best parts in this are definitely the ones where the storylines touch each other. Example-the three cars scene, the hallway scene, and even the dogs and a hare scene. Tyrone and his "funny angle" part held a special laugh for my cousin, who backed into a Jaguar one day, and said almost the exact same thing.
Great acting from every single actor/actress here. This is the third film that I've watched with del Toro in it, and he hasn't disappointed me yet. (the others were Traffic and The Usual Suspects) Brad Pitt did a worthy job as the "piker"/gypsy and Statham was great as Turkish. The best-character-in-the-movie award has to go to...the dog (or the "dag"). I LOVED the dog-he has the best part in the movie. I won't reveal anything, but let's just say that the name of this movie is most likely derived from this dog. Also has a killer ending, and a great climax with the boxing match. You don't even really have to see the first movie (yes, this is a sequel) to understand this one-I certainly haven't watched the first yet (called Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) but I understood everything in the movie. Stylish, funny, entertaining-oh yeah, did I mention incredible?
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