Snatch

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2000
Crime, Comedy

Illegal boxing promoter Turkish convinces gangster Brick Top to offer bets on bare-knuckle boxer Mickey at his bookie business. When Mickey does not throw his first fight as agreed, an infuriated Brick Top demands another match. Meanwhile, gangster Frankie Four Fingers comes to place a bet for a friend with Brick Top’s bookies, as multiple criminals converge on a stolen diamond that Frankie has come to London to sell.

One of the best Guy Ritchie’s movies, funny, subtle and full of action from start to finish. Every actor did a great job, as well as the operator(s).
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Collateral

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2004
Drama, Crime, Thriller

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

OK idea and perfect execution. One of these movies where the main actors really stand up for their names.
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Safe

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2012
Action, Crime, Thriller

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who’s been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

A typical movie with Statham. Should be OK with crisps and beer, but nowhere as exciting as “Snatch”, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” or even “The Transporter”. As time…
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