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| | Turkish and Tommy, unlicensed boxing promoters, become unwillingly involved with a underground criminal called Brick Top. When they are persuaded to stage rigged bare knuckle fights things don't go exactly to plan...
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Diamond thief and courier Franky Four
Fingers arrives in London en route to New York to deliver a huge diamond to
boss Avi . In his mission to offload smaller stones to Avi's cousin, Doug 'The
Head' and other local Hatton Garden jewelers, he is tempted into placing a bet
on an illegal boxing bout by Boris 'The Blade' . Little does he know that Boris
has set
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him up - and local pawnshop owners
Vinny and Sol, along with their rather fat getaway driver, Tyrone are to rob
him at the bookies.
Meanwhile, novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish and his business partner
Tommy move into the 'big time' through a fight with local kingpin villain,
boxing promoter and pig farm owner, Brick Top. But when the novice's fighter is
knocked out by Mickey O'Neil, a wildcard Irish gypsy boxer, the boys convince
him to fight in their boxer's place in Brick Top's rigged match.
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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.
Meanwhile 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 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...
With it interwoven storylines and large cast of characters, Snatch could have
been complex but Ritchie moves is along with an inventiveness and verve that
builds on what he achieved in Lock Stock.
Ritchie has created another spot on British crime caper.
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Columbia Tristar
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