Guy Ritchie: Ranking His Movies From Worst To Best

2. Snatch (2001)

Snatch is the movie that Guy Ritchie made having presumably seen Pulp Fiction and decided that there needed to be a British version. Unfortunately for the director, Snatch doesn't come close to the genius of Tarantino's movie, but - for what it's worth - it does offer up an entertaining yarn that showcases many of Ritchie's talents as a filmmaker (and as an impersonator; this movie is so very, very Tarantino-esque). It's basically a film built from interconnected story-lines, many of which Ritchie seems to have borrowed from Tarantino films (the diamond heist from Reservoir Dogs; the boxing scenario from Pulp Fiction), rendered in the most quick-cutting, kinetic way imaginable. Then there's the snappy dialogue and lads' mag humour; traits that define Ritchie's early films, but are arguably at their apex here. You can feel the director having a great time. People seem to love Snatch, perhaps as a result of its eclectic characters, frequent obscenities and madcap antics, but - all these years later - it does have the feel of a movie that is slightly overrated. That's not to say that it's a bad movie, just that it's so incredibly self-conscious and hyper-stylised that it feels a bit empty (though Brad Pitt is amazing). Snatch is still a good movie, then, but it totally pales in comparison to what is without question Guy Ritchie's best film, which is (drum role)...