
The film shares themes, ideas, and motifs with Ritchie's first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

It is also distinguished by a kinetic direction and editing style, an intricate double plot featuring numerous ironic twists of chance and causality, and a fast pace. The film features an assortment of characters, including Irish Traveller "One Punch" Mickey O'Neil ( Brad Pitt), referred to as a " Pikey", Russian arms-dealer Boris "the Blade" Yurinov ( Rade Šerbedžija), professional thief and gambling addict Franky "Four-Fingers" ( Benicio del Toro), American gangster-jeweller Abraham Denovitz known as "Cousin Avi" ( Dennis Farina), small-time crooks Sol ( Lennie James) and Vinny ( Robbie Gee), getaway driver Tyrone ( Ade), and bounty hunter Bullet-Tooth Tony ( Vinnie Jones). Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter ( Jason Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster ( Alan Ford) who is ready and willing to have his subordinates carry out severe and sadistic acts of violence.

Snatch (stylized as snatch.) is a 2000 British-American crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast.
