Snatch (Blu-ray)

(Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 12.1.2009)

Call it overrated, but in 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels established a confident new talent with all kinds of post-Tarantino promise. Sadly, Guy Ritchie’s now better known for his failed marriage to Madonna than his past triumphs as a filmmaker (this Christmas’ pretty awful-looking Sherlock Holmes revamp might change that... stay tuned). I’ll be the first to admit that Lock, Stock once made for very impressive viewing for my then-slightly uninformed cineaste eyes and Ritchie’s follow-up, Snatch, initially played like a crowd-pleasing gimmick with higher-concept thrills and tacked-on Brad Pittsploitation. It felt like a watered-down rehash and, as a major fan of Ritchie’s debut effort, a bit of a gyp.

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