Snatch was what introduced me to Guy Ritchie and I loved every moment. Anybody can love that film. This one is a bit slower-paced but still very fun. The invisible chick with the Bren was a great moment.
He's made some really solid films the last 10 years. The Gentleman, The Covenant, Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. His Sherlock Holmes films were really good too
Fun fact: Yes, GR made himself a name with LSaTSB, which gave him the green light for Snatch. He initially had a similar small budget as for this movie. Brad Pitt was a huge fan of this movie and said he wanted to be in the next one, no matter what it was. So Guy just called him, told him what he was up to and also said he couldn't afford Brad Pitt in his movie. That's when Brad Pitt said he didn't care about the money. He ended up taking the SAME pay as Jason Statham, paid for his own flights and hotel and even helped cover production costs without being credited .... the rest is history and we are still fond of Mickeys love for "dags" and caravans.
I love the fact that they didn't think Pitt could pull off the Pikey verbiage. Many of his lines were not in the script but obviously they just let him say what he wanted because he was there for love.
Another fun fact. At least I think I heard it somewhere. There were early screenings in US for people connected to, probably, like a distributors/producers that would buy LSaTSB for US theaters or something. And one attendee of that screening was Tom Cruise. His presence at the screening brought a big animals from the producers companies and after his statement that it's one of the best movies he's ever seen, he basically started a bid-war among the companies and the movie was bough for much higher money than expected. I think I even saw an old photo of Tom Cruise + GR, so I hope it's not a complete fabrication.
Lock Stock is a far better movie, but Snatch had Brad Pitt. It makes me a little salty that Snatch gets more recognition but I have to admit Brad killed it in that movie.
Rock N Rolla and The Gentlemen are 2 other very good GR British crime movies. Rock N Rolla especially IMO. Slightly underrated possibly. UNCLE and his interpretation of Sherlock Holmes are also very enjoyable.
Yeah i completely agree with you about rock and rolla and the gentlemen . 2 great guy ritchie films . Rock and roll is about 5 years on from this and the gentleman is a more modern take on a guy ritchie film
I'm glad it's back after the copyright claim, it's such a fun reaction. Daniel is so excited and giddy in the later half, and both of you just can't stop smiling!
YES!! This is Guy Ritchie's directorial debut and Jason Statham's feature film debut! It's one of the funniest heist movies that always goes terribly wrong with hilarious results at the end. There was a 7 part TV series based on the movie that was released in 2000
Prior to making this movie, Jason Statham actually sold fake jewelry from a little table on the streets of London. The sales pitch was the same one Statham actually used to fleece people.
Guy Ritchie is one of those rare directors who has such a clear and distinct voice and vision to his films. Just like Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai and a precious few others, you KNOW when you're watching one of his films.
Agree...I just wish he makes less movies these days and working on them more. Because The Covenant was a very tasteless, average movie and Operation Fortune was actually pretty bad. I didn't like Aladdin neither, but I guess he needed that Disney money to make the Gentlemen. I love Ritchie and also Tarantino, but Tarantino takes his time to make his movie as perfect as possible. At Ritchie, I don't see that attitude.
One of my distant relatives was in this film. Tanya the women dealing the cards is Vera Day who was also married to Terry O'Neill. My uncle was married to her daughter and I even had a signed copy of the film on VHS. Wish I still had it because this has become one of my favourite films.
There is a great documentary called "Bounce" where they interview Lenny McLean, who plays Barry the Baptist in Lock Stock. He was a bouncer and has stories about how violent that life was. He was also a boxer, including an illegal bare-knuckle boxer; which seems like where Guy Richie got the idea for "Snatch". Unfortunately he died of cancer just before Lock Stock was released and the film is dedicated to him.
I'm not saying Vinnie Jones is type-cast, but the scene where he slams the guy's head in the car door ....... that's exactly how he used to play football.
I love how intervened the story arcs are yet somehow make sense and i never lost the thread who does what why. Many other movies have issues with this despite many boring expositions. And the actors were perfect the camera shots were perfect just a perfect 10/10 movie.
Barry the Baptist was played by Lennie McLean who was even more fearsome in real life than in the movie. He was a bare knuckle boxing champ who sadly passed away just before the film was released.
He was a deeply dangerous man on the booze to everyone around him. The story about him biting his mates throat out after a bender made it hard to look at him the same way in this film even though he does a great job. Apparently he'd go to his local pub and everyone would leave so he wouldn't be able to kick the shit out of them, it'd be just him and his wife dancing to the band and then he'd fight the band. He mellowed as he got older & quit drinking and apparently was hugely popular on set. I seem to remember reading somewhere that some of his underworld mates might have had something to do with the funding of this film.
That was Alan Ford narrating the story. He was BrickTop in Snatch and he had a scene in this movie, but you may have missed him without the eyeglasses. Great Reaction!
@@chefskiss6179 He was a thug in "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, a pre-007 Pierce Bronsan and a very young Dexter Fletcher (he played Soap here in "Stock").
@@Madbandit77yeah this movie some sort of mini reunion of two actors from Long Good Friday with P. H. Moriarty, that Alan Ford was part of 3 of the definitive movies of the genre is somewhat of a feat I reckon.
This one and RocknRolla are both underrated when it comes to reaction content. Snatch and The Gentlemen are gems, for sure, but I really like these two.
LOVED this watchalong with you both, been waiting for you two to get to this one! What I loved when I first saw it in theatres was all the juggling of different classes/layers/demographics of people, and all the camaraderie within them. I thought it was a one-off, but the fact that Guy Ritchie continued with this, juggling classes and camaraderie, throughout the rest of his career has just been a treat. PLEASE try Rock'N'Rolla next. Man From Uncle and his two Sherlock films are also pretty sweet if you ever have a spy/espionage/detective/tv-to-film poll. And yeah, Guy had an initial script he wrote, when he got funding for the flick he knew he had too much. When he made Snatch he went back and was able to use up the rest of what he had written about other character.
0:57 "correct me if I'm wrong..... Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels came before Snatch..... I think the success of this allowed him to do Snatch....." yes, and the success of Snatch allowed him to do Madonna.
Yes!! A British delicacy of a movie. Would love it if you two did a British marathon of movies like: Dog Soldiers, Dog House, Kidulthood trilogy, Anuvahood, Rise of the Footsoldier, Mean Machine.
I love everything about this movie. I don't know if it's an intentional homage or anything, but to me, the ending where we don't know if the shotguns fall into the river or not reminds me of the ending of the original Italian Job.
At some point during this I wondered if the Schmitts have ever seen Lucky Number Slevin? Also, because you asked, yes I did like Guy Ritchie's two Sherlock Holmes movies back then when I watched them in the cinema. You'd probably enjoy them.
Just another little connection: the man relating the tale of Rory setting fire to the pub man is Danny John Jules; he plays The Cat in sci-fi-comedy series Red Dwarf. The actor playing Nick The Greek was a guest in an episode of Red Dwarf.
@@MarkTheMorose 🤣🤣 i love how weirdly specific they all are…and the fact Rimmer always gets them wrong! It’s such a funny, long running joke through the show!
Ok! So, it’s not Guy Ritchie but his old production partner, Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut put out this incredible film called Layer Cake. It’s an underground gem that many don’t seem to know about starring Daniel Craig. Most, myself included, say it’s the movie that got him the Bond roles. Layer Cake is a masterpiece somewhat in the same vein as Ritchie’s Lock, Stock & Snatch. With your guys’ reach on this channel, you’d be putting so many people onto what I could easily see becoming top of their favorites list, yourselves included.
The Sherlock movies are actually pretty good. They definitely are NOT accurate to the books but they are a very interesting take on the character and the setting. I particularly like the second movie because of how well it handled a very important secondary character from the books. Definitely worth a watch.
Yeah, I enjoyed them, too. The Jeremy Brett tv series is still my favourite adaptation of the books, but Downey Jr. did a great job with a new take on the character.
@@Rocket1377Jeremy Brett isn't Jeremy Brett in the Sherlock TV series. He Is Sherlock Holmes and no one comes close because everyone just plays Holmes. They do it well, but...
This is my fave film of his. I just love the progression of the story, the twists and turns, as well as the characters. Got me started on loving Ritchie movies
Ha, I just realized Rob Brydon is in this :D Did not know him back when I watched this movie, probably more than 15 years ago. But seen a lot of Would I Lie To You on RUclips over the last couple of years, so kind of funny to see his face pop up in a totally different context.
Park Street where it was filmed is next to Borough Mt, so you can visit the 'set'. Tom was suppposed to be played by someone overweight..but when Jason was cast they just left it in. Samoen Joes is The Royal Oak on Columbia Rd, other location used is Cheshire st just off Brick Lane.
The cage scene will always be one of my most fave scenes in film. The dialogue is just soo funny from start to finish. "Couldn't you have brought something a bit more practical?" Absolute gem of a film.
The ending of Lock Stock is what I call a DIY (Do It Yourself) ending. It is whatever you want it to be. Great movie and a quite different style at the time.
_"RocknRolla"_ is a great Guy Ritchie movie in the same genre, but the one you _really_ have to watch is _"The Gentlemen",_ a bigger budget English gangster movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant, it is outstanding!
2:00 before Jason Statham decided to get into acting and professional diving (he competed for England in 1990 Commonwealth Games), he worked on a market stall. He was also grew up alongside with Vinnie Jones.
My favourite movie ever! Thanks for reacting to it, there are so many British stars (Jason Statham and Jason Flemyng are the best known outside the UK), so much British humour and so many twists in this :) And can we please give a nod to the soundtrack?
The cliff hanger ending is reminiscent of the end of the original Italian job with a young Michael Caine, a classic British heist comedy. The Sherlock films are excellent and may I also recommend The Gentleman.
I don't know for sure but I always believed the ending to be a nod to the ending of the original 'Italian Job'... Michael Caine and crew have stolen the gold and escaped in the Mini's... The gold is loaded on to a bus and they all make their way back to England, the bus crashes and is 50/50 over a cliff, the gold is at one end, Caine and crew the other, and Caine says something like "Hang on lads, I've got an idea", the film ends... Maybe not but that was my assumption... 🙂
I got really excited when this reaction popped up. I just knew you'd love this. You should watch Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, with Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.
So happy you did this one, hell of a debut movie, easy to see why they gave him a pile of money to make his next movie 'Snatch'. Hard to believe it'd be years till he hit gold again but he did and you've got plenty of good movies of his to go at. Love to see you do 'The Gentlemen' (both film and TV series), 'Wrath of Man' & 'The Covenant' especially. Also they did a short TV series of Lock, Stock.. that was good fun too. Thanks for the reaction, it was fantastic.
I freaking LOVE this movie! I remember when it came out, there was a big push from the studios to make Nick Moran ("Ed" the card playing main character) the breakout "next big thing" actor. It went to his head, he got cocky, and kind of fizzled out and couldn't get another big starring role for a number of years. Lock Stock MADE Jason Statham, though! Dexter Fletcher (Soap), you should recognize as Sgt Martin in Band Of Brothers; he's also had a great career after Lock Stock, both acting and directing. He was producer on Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury/Queen pic, and was the director of Rocketman, the Elton John pic.
I saw this at the one theater in the Kansas City Metro that was playing it. Two friends and I traveled 30 minutes to see it, and it was only the three of us and two other guys in the theater. Got to talking with them before the film started, and they had driven several hours from Iowa. One theater in KC and one in St. Louis was playing it and KC was slightly closer to them. After this, we had to see Snatch as soon as it came out. I'm very happy you two enjoyed this and Snatch as much as I did.
The cook is Dexter Fletcher who is also a director, his most recent movie was Apples ‘ghosted’, he was also a child actor and who had a staring role in the family movie ‘Bugsy Malone’ with a very young Jodie Foster and if you’ve not seen it then you should. Great movie
I know it juvenile and very Bevis and Butthead...but I do chuckle every time they say Snatch... Another great, more recent, Guy Richie movie is The Gentleman (with Matthew McConaughey)
This is so good. I'm glad you watched this. Guy Ritchie, when he does gangster stories, is a great storyteller. His take on Sherlock Holmes was kind of cool too.
Layer Cake is another good film, it's from Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Kingsman) who was a producer on this film and Snatch, and it's very much in the same style.
This film came out not long after I'd begun my first post-uni proper job as a sysadmin at a university computer dept. It took the student scene by storm, everyone was talking about it. Pretty sure I saw it at the cinema at least twice. I recommend "Crank" and indeed both Sherlock Holmes movies with RDJ (shame there hasn't been a third), they're not like the books but have their own GR style notes that I'm sure you;d both like.
This was Guy Ritchies's first film, followed a couple of years later by Snatch. He made another crime comedy recently--The Gentlemen which you guys should react to. Thank you for a great video.
This was Jason Statham's (as well as Guy Ritchie's) first film. Snatch was each their second. Jason Statham started off as a diver and competed for Britain at the Commonwealth Games before then becoming a sports model, which is when he met Guy Ritchie. Ritchie cast him in Lock Stock after hearing he'd also spent time selling stolen goods on the black market. It was only after his two Guy Ritchie outings that certain directors in Hollywood realised he'd make a good action star.
This may be Ritchie's first, but it's also my favorite. More in this vein: Layer Cake Rock 'n' Rolla The Gentlemen Sexy Beast The Bank Job Legend (more of a biopic, but still good Brit gangster)
I think you'll enjoy the Sherlock films, they're not bad. The Gentleman is fantastic, and as long as you avoid his movie with Madonna, most of his films have something interesting going on to lesser and greater extents.
Apparently it's weird how I find this film and Snatch to be the funniest films of all time. Jim Carey taping his face up is funny, Robin Williams doing his thing is funny. However the situational humor and diolage in these Ritchie films cannot be matched.
To best match the vibe of this and Snatch, I will echo others and highly recommend RocknRolla it has a fantastic cast. Also this was Statham's first acting role, 26:06 nice backflip, he had already been practicing martial arts in his youth
This movie and Snatch are almost like "what if Tarantino was British", and Vinnie Jones always plays the coolest roles. Aces to both! Perfect comedy of error flicks!
Budget was so low for this Guy debut, the only "Trailer" on "set" was an old small beat up caravan everyone shared to brew a cup of tea or have a quick nap in! And apparently Vinnie Jones made his job to keep everyone in check and make sure they kept the caravan tidy n clean! No-one argued! 😂
What's wild is that this film wouldn't have made it across the pond and attracted the attention it did if it hadn't have been for Tom Cruise, of all people. Tom saw a screening of it as a favour to a friend who was working on the film and was struggling to get US distribution. Tom loved it, told the execs in the room that they need to it up, otherwise they're just idiots. So they did, rest is history. There's quite a lot of fun behind-the-scenes trivia, too. Almost every actor has a criminal record; most of them grew up and worked in the East End; most weren't even professional actors; Vinnie Jones had just got out of police custody the day before filming because he beat the piss out of his neighbour; Statham's first acting role, but was a street vendor for some time, like he portrays at the start - as mentioned in the comments; Vinnie's first acting role too, scared the shit out of the cast and crew when filming Dog's car door murder scene though; Dexter Fletcher (Soap the chef) was the most experienced on set - he's been acting since he was a child - so ended up coaching a lot of the cast; and when Ed forgets to bring the guns to the robbery it's because the prop supervisor forgot to bring the props to the set, so Ritchie worked around that. Ritchie also wrote the ending on the back of a pack of cigarettes, after the original ending didn't do too well in test screenings.
Guy Ritchie may not have a perfect filmography, but when he hits, he hits a home run. This was a hell of a debut ❤
Snatch was what introduced me to Guy Ritchie and I loved every moment. Anybody can love that film. This one is a bit slower-paced but still very fun. The invisible chick with the Bren was a great moment.
He's made some really solid films the last 10 years. The Gentleman, The Covenant, Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. His Sherlock Holmes films were really good too
I consider him nearly as pivotal as Tarantino in re-defining cinema in the 90's and 00's.
He had some cool ideas in lock stock and snatch, but he reached a point of diminishing returns pretty quickly
He did for a long time. After the Gentlemen idk wtf happened.
Nothing makes my day like hearing Sam say "I LOVED that" about one of my favorite movies.
Fun fact: Yes, GR made himself a name with LSaTSB, which gave him the green light for Snatch. He initially had a similar small budget as for this movie. Brad Pitt was a huge fan of this movie and said he wanted to be in the next one, no matter what it was. So Guy just called him, told him what he was up to and also said he couldn't afford Brad Pitt in his movie. That's when Brad Pitt said he didn't care about the money. He ended up taking the SAME pay as Jason Statham, paid for his own flights and hotel and even helped cover production costs without being credited .... the rest is history and we are still fond of Mickeys love for "dags" and caravans.
I love Snatch. Pitt was perfect for Mickey.
Much respect to Brad Pitt. The man is a so noble.
@@v8matey Just don't ask his family.
I love the fact that they didn't think Pitt could pull off the Pikey verbiage. Many of his lines were not in the script but obviously they just let him say what he wanted because he was there for love.
Another fun fact. At least I think I heard it somewhere. There were early screenings in US for people connected to, probably, like a distributors/producers that would buy LSaTSB for US theaters or something. And one attendee of that screening was Tom Cruise. His presence at the screening brought a big animals from the producers companies and after his statement that it's one of the best movies he's ever seen, he basically started a bid-war among the companies and the movie was bough for much higher money than expected. I think I even saw an old photo of Tom Cruise + GR, so I hope it's not a complete fabrication.
Everybody knows Snatch, but I love this movie even more.
It's a tough one, Snatch is so slick but I love the pacing of this film
Lock, stock easy clears for me, it’s so much tighter. Snatch was just more
Lock Stock is a far better movie, but Snatch had Brad Pitt. It makes me a little salty that Snatch gets more recognition but I have to admit Brad killed it in that movie.
I love that Vinnie Jones is slamming a guy's head in the car door, then that's what he's doing when he's introduced in Snatch.
"Bon jour"!!
They put a block of wood in the car door to represent the head and told Vinnie to go mad - apparently he terrified the entire crew!
Vinnie Jones hadn't even retired from football when he made this 😂
He had to get bailed out of lockup for beating up his neighbor on his first day of filming!
I did not know this fact. 🙂
Playing a thug in a film is pretty much the same as he was on the football pitch !!!
@@dnllrnt I would expect nothing less😂
he retired other players though 🤣🤣💀💀
Rock N Rolla and The Gentlemen are 2 other very good GR British crime movies. Rock N Rolla especially IMO. Slightly underrated possibly. UNCLE and his interpretation of Sherlock Holmes are also very enjoyable.
Yeah i completely agree with you about rock and rolla and the gentlemen . 2 great guy ritchie films . Rock and roll is about 5 years on from this and the gentleman is a more modern take on a guy ritchie film
I'm glad it's back after the copyright claim, it's such a fun reaction. Daniel is so excited and giddy in the later half, and both of you just can't stop smiling!
"rock n rolla" next please. so good and funny too. with idris alba, mark strong, tom hardy, geralt butler, etc. 🥰
To this day I still use "It's been emotional" as a farewell. Love this movie!
I still use "bonjour" instead of hello... :)
I'm glad to hear it's not just me then 😂
YES!! This is Guy Ritchie's directorial debut and Jason Statham's feature film debut!
It's one of the funniest heist movies that always goes terribly wrong with hilarious results at the end.
There was a 7 part TV series based on the movie that was released in 2000
Prior to making this movie, Jason Statham actually sold fake jewelry from a little table on the streets of London. The sales pitch was the same one Statham actually used to fleece people.
@@billbabcock1833 that's what you call "finessing."
when i was a youth, I was the person who said "i'll have one"...to get the ball rolling, in Oxford St,,,ahh...good times
@@scottpeters5959 Awesome!!!
Guy Ritchie is one of those rare directors who has such a clear and distinct voice and vision to his films. Just like Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai and a precious few others, you KNOW when you're watching one of his films.
Agree...I just wish he makes less movies these days and working on them more. Because The Covenant was a very tasteless, average movie and Operation Fortune was actually pretty bad. I didn't like Aladdin neither, but I guess he needed that Disney money to make the Gentlemen.
I love Ritchie and also Tarantino, but Tarantino takes his time to make his movie as perfect as possible. At Ritchie, I don't see that attitude.
This really sparked a resurgence of interest in the British crime comedy genre.
A very good and unique film. In some ways, it feels like a British Pulp Fiction.
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Yes that is Sting.
He helped finance the movie after reading the script, and Guy Richie gave him a minor role as a thank you.
It was Stings wife Trudi that really helped get this made
Thank you for doing my favorite movie definitely did it justice
One of my favourite films ever. Insanely re-watchable, well written,fun and quotable.
One of my distant relatives was in this film. Tanya the women dealing the cards is Vera Day who was also married to Terry O'Neill.
My uncle was married to her daughter and I even had a signed copy of the film on VHS. Wish I still had it because this has become one of my favourite films.
There is a great documentary called "Bounce" where they interview Lenny McLean, who plays Barry the Baptist in Lock Stock. He was a bouncer and has stories about how violent that life was. He was also a boxer, including an illegal bare-knuckle boxer; which seems like where Guy Richie got the idea for "Snatch". Unfortunately he died of cancer just before Lock Stock was released and the film is dedicated to him.
The GUVNAR…
One of my favorites. When I clicked, I was certain that you would love it. It was fun watching you dig it so much
You might enjoy Layer Cake, staring Daniel Craig. Kind has similar vibes to this and Snatch.
@@mattsfullbox Directed by Guy's producer Matt Vaughn. He is a bit too Guy Ritchie in Layer Cake but still good for a debut.
I'm not saying Vinnie Jones is type-cast, but the scene where he slams the guy's head in the car door ....... that's exactly how he used to play football.
This is one of those films that’s highly underrated. It’s so ridiculously entertaining. This was a great pic for the week you two! 🤟🏽
Great movie. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it. R.I.P Lenny Mclean (aka Barry the Baptist).
I love how intervened the story arcs are yet somehow make sense and i never lost the thread who does what why.
Many other movies have issues with this despite many boring expositions.
And the actors were perfect the camera shots were perfect just a perfect 10/10 movie.
Barry the Baptist was played by Lennie McLean who was even more fearsome in real life than in the movie.
He was a bare knuckle boxing champ who sadly passed away just before the film was released.
He was a deeply dangerous man on the booze to everyone around him. The story about him biting his mates throat out after a bender made it hard to look at him the same way in this film even though he does a great job.
Apparently he'd go to his local pub and everyone would leave so he wouldn't be able to kick the shit out of them, it'd be just him and his wife dancing to the band and then he'd fight the band.
He mellowed as he got older & quit drinking and apparently was hugely popular on set. I seem to remember reading somewhere that some of his underworld mates might have had something to do with the funding of this film.
That was Alan Ford narrating the story. He was BrickTop in Snatch and he had a scene in this movie, but you may have missed him without the eyeglasses. Great Reaction!
Not bad really, guy starts out as a cabbie (in American Werewolf in London), tends bar in Lock Stock and rises to head of the underworld in Snatch! 😂
@@chefskiss6179 He was a thug in "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, a pre-007 Pierce Bronsan and a very young Dexter Fletcher (he played Soap here in "Stock").
@@Madbandit77yeah this movie some sort of mini reunion of two actors from Long Good Friday with P. H. Moriarty, that Alan Ford was part of 3 of the definitive movies of the genre is somewhat of a feat I reckon.
Its about time somebody got around to this one!!!
Yes. Not enough people reacting to this one.
This one and RocknRolla are both underrated when it comes to reaction content. Snatch and The Gentlemen are gems, for sure, but I really like these two.
Cinepals did a reaction to this I believe.
@@ThePartisan13 Oh, that makes it enough.
@@wjrasmussen666 Why you gotta be like that?
Such an awesome movie still, about 30 years down the line | Saw it at the cinema in my youth.
A very good reaction from you | Cheers (out of Sweden).
I know you had to cut it out, but this film has one of the best soundtracks ever.
LOVED this watchalong with you both, been waiting for you two to get to this one! What I loved when I first saw it in theatres was all the juggling of different classes/layers/demographics of people, and all the camaraderie within them. I thought it was a one-off, but the fact that Guy Ritchie continued with this, juggling classes and camaraderie, throughout the rest of his career has just been a treat. PLEASE try Rock'N'Rolla next. Man From Uncle and his two Sherlock films are also pretty sweet if you ever have a spy/espionage/detective/tv-to-film poll.
And yeah, Guy had an initial script he wrote, when he got funding for the flick he knew he had too much. When he made Snatch he went back and was able to use up the rest of what he had written about other character.
I love watching you two. You always make my day better. Thanks.
0:57 "correct me if I'm wrong..... Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels came before Snatch..... I think the success of this allowed him to do Snatch....."
yes, and the success of Snatch allowed him to do Madonna.
😂
And the failure of Madonna put him back on top
@@DjDown1984 sometimes we must crash creatively before we can rise from the ashes 😅 glad the Madonna movie didn't destroy Guy's career
Yes!! A British delicacy of a movie.
Would love it if you two did a British marathon of movies like: Dog Soldiers, Dog House, Kidulthood trilogy, Anuvahood, Rise of the Footsoldier, Mean Machine.
I love everything about this movie. I don't know if it's an intentional homage or anything, but to me, the ending where we don't know if the shotguns fall into the river or not reminds me of the ending of the original Italian Job.
Definitely a homage
At some point during this I wondered if the Schmitts have ever seen Lucky Number Slevin?
Also, because you asked, yes I did like Guy Ritchie's two Sherlock Holmes movies back then when I watched them in the cinema. You'd probably enjoy them.
Just another little connection: the man relating the tale of Rory setting fire to the pub man is Danny John Jules; he plays The Cat in sci-fi-comedy series Red Dwarf. The actor playing Nick The Greek was a guest in an episode of Red Dwarf.
Boys from the Dwarf
@@GIBBO4182 I hope never to break Space Corps Directive 1742.
@@MarkTheMorose 🤣🤣 i love how weirdly specific they all are…and the fact Rimmer always gets them wrong! It’s such a funny, long running joke through the show!
Ok! So, it’s not Guy Ritchie but his old production partner, Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut put out this incredible film called Layer Cake. It’s an underground gem that many don’t seem to know about starring Daniel Craig. Most, myself included, say it’s the movie that got him the Bond roles. Layer Cake is a masterpiece somewhat in the same vein as Ritchie’s Lock, Stock & Snatch. With your guys’ reach on this channel, you’d be putting so many people onto what I could easily see becoming top of their favorites list, yourselves included.
The Sherlock movies are actually pretty good. They definitely are NOT accurate to the books but they are a very interesting take on the character and the setting. I particularly like the second movie because of how well it handled a very important secondary character from the books. Definitely worth a watch.
Yeah, I enjoyed them, too. The Jeremy Brett tv series is still my favourite adaptation of the books, but Downey Jr. did a great job with a new take on the character.
@@Rocket1377Jeremy Brett isn't Jeremy Brett in the Sherlock TV series.
He Is Sherlock Holmes and no one comes close because everyone just plays Holmes. They do it well, but...
This is my fave film of his. I just love the progression of the story, the twists and turns, as well as the characters. Got me started on loving Ritchie movies
ROCKNROLLA!!!!
You need to see Rocknrolla next.
Great choice
As a Guy Ritchie fan, not gonna miss this! Btw the narration by Brick Top from Snatch :)
Rock n Rolla...*chef's kiss* A must watch.
Ha, I just realized Rob Brydon is in this :D
Did not know him back when I watched this movie, probably more than 15 years ago. But seen a lot of Would I Lie To You on RUclips over the last couple of years, so kind of funny to see his face pop up in a totally different context.
Thank you for reaction to one of my favorite movie of all time! So many memorable lines. My number one is "Guns for show. Knives for pro."
"If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kind of 😾 to drink it!"
So many great lines.
Don’t urr me Greek boy
My fave is Dog " look can everyone stop getting shot "😂😂😂😂
Park Street where it was filmed is next to Borough Mt, so you can visit the 'set'. Tom was suppposed to be played by someone overweight..but when Jason was cast they just left it in. Samoen Joes is The Royal Oak on Columbia Rd, other location used is Cheshire st just off Brick Lane.
I would highly recommend "The Gentlemen" (2019) from Guy Ritchie. its a great film!
And the Netflix show.
The cage scene will always be one of my most fave scenes in film. The dialogue is just soo funny from start to finish. "Couldn't you have brought something a bit more practical?" Absolute gem of a film.
The man who played Barry the Baptist was a real tough S.O.B. Real name is Lenny McLean and his story is worth spending a little time checking out.
The ending of Lock Stock is what I call a DIY (Do It Yourself) ending. It is whatever you want it to be. Great movie and a quite different style at the time.
Some of the dialogue in this film is eternal. '' A little bit of pain never hurt anyone..''
You've got to watch "Smokin' Aces"!
This movie is perfect. Hilarious and such a vibe lol
Great reaction! The Gentlemen and Rock n Rolla would be my next two favorite Guy Richie films to watch.
Instant click of a movie!
_"RocknRolla"_ is a great Guy Ritchie movie in the same genre, but the one you _really_ have to watch is _"The Gentlemen",_ a bigger budget English gangster movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant, it is outstanding!
the funny thing is that I'm sitting here in the Lore of the Land (Guy Ritchie's pub) in London and I'm watching this movie reaction video
😅😂
2:00 before Jason Statham decided to get into acting and professional diving (he competed for England in 1990 Commonwealth Games), he worked on a market stall. He was also grew up alongside with Vinnie Jones.
My favourite movie ever! Thanks for reacting to it, there are so many British stars (Jason Statham and Jason Flemyng are the best known outside the UK), so much British humour and so many twists in this :) And can we please give a nod to the soundtrack?
Thanks guys love this movie,. This is his first movie,, sting played the father, his w8fe truly produced this movie
The cliff hanger ending is reminiscent of the end of the original Italian job with a young Michael Caine, a classic British heist comedy.
The Sherlock films are excellent and may I also recommend The Gentleman.
I don't know for sure but I always believed the ending to be a nod to the ending of the original 'Italian Job'... Michael Caine and crew have stolen the gold and escaped in the Mini's... The gold is loaded on to a bus and they all make their way back to England, the bus crashes and is 50/50 over a cliff, the gold is at one end, Caine and crew the other, and Caine says something like "Hang on lads, I've got an idea", the film ends... Maybe not but that was my assumption... 🙂
I got really excited when this reaction popped up. I just knew you'd love this.
You should watch Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, with Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.
I watched this so many times back in the late nineties. As good as Snatch is, I always preferred this.
So happy you did this one, hell of a debut movie, easy to see why they gave him a pile of money to make his next movie 'Snatch'. Hard to believe it'd be years till he hit gold again but he did and you've got plenty of good movies of his to go at. Love to see you do 'The Gentlemen' (both film and TV series), 'Wrath of Man' & 'The Covenant' especially.
Also they did a short TV series of Lock, Stock.. that was good fun too.
Thanks for the reaction, it was fantastic.
I freaking LOVE this movie! I remember when it came out, there was a big push from the studios to make Nick Moran ("Ed" the card playing main character) the breakout "next big thing" actor. It went to his head, he got cocky, and kind of fizzled out and couldn't get another big starring role for a number of years. Lock Stock MADE Jason Statham, though! Dexter Fletcher (Soap), you should recognize as Sgt Martin in Band Of Brothers; he's also had a great career after Lock Stock, both acting and directing. He was producer on Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury/Queen pic, and was the director of Rocketman, the Elton John pic.
Oh yes, I was eagerly waiting for this!
Rockn'Rolla!
I saw this at the one theater in the Kansas City Metro that was playing it. Two friends and I traveled 30 minutes to see it, and it was only the three of us and two other guys in the theater. Got to talking with them before the film started, and they had driven several hours from Iowa. One theater in KC and one in St. Louis was playing it and KC was slightly closer to them. After this, we had to see Snatch as soon as it came out. I'm very happy you two enjoyed this and Snatch as much as I did.
The cook is Dexter Fletcher who is also a director, his most recent movie was Apples ‘ghosted’, he was also a child actor and who had a staring role in the family movie ‘Bugsy Malone’ with a very young Jodie Foster and if you’ve not seen it then you should. Great movie
this is still and always will be Guy's best film.
I know it juvenile and very Bevis and Butthead...but I do chuckle every time they say Snatch...
Another great, more recent, Guy Richie movie is The Gentleman (with Matthew McConaughey)
This is so good. I'm glad you watched this. Guy Ritchie, when he does gangster stories, is a great storyteller.
His take on Sherlock Holmes was kind of cool too.
Layer Cake is another good film, it's from Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Kingsman) who was a producer on this film and Snatch, and it's very much in the same style.
This film came out not long after I'd begun my first post-uni proper job as a sysadmin at a university computer dept. It took the student scene by storm, everyone was talking about it. Pretty sure I saw it at the cinema at least twice.
I recommend "Crank" and indeed both Sherlock Holmes movies with RDJ (shame there hasn't been a third), they're not like the books but have their own GR style notes that I'm sure you;d both like.
So glad that you guys got to this one!! :D
RIP Steve Sweeney (Plank)
RIP Jake Abraham (Dean)
RIP Lenny Mclean (Barry the Baptist)
Still my favourite Richie film and it's not even close.
I saw this at the cinema when it first came out 😂 there was a group of us and we loved it
This was Guy Ritchies's first film, followed a couple of years later by Snatch. He made another crime comedy recently--The Gentlemen which you guys should react to. Thank you for a great video.
The clean cook was John Martin in, Band of Brothers.
Loved this movie, even more than Snatch. The style was so unique and fresh when it came out. Do watch The Gentlemen next!
Nice, this is my third favorite Guy Ritchie Movie, behind
2.The Gentleman and 1.Snatch.
This was Jason Statham's (as well as Guy Ritchie's) first film. Snatch was each their second. Jason Statham started off as a diver and competed for Britain at the Commonwealth Games before then becoming a sports model, which is when he met Guy Ritchie. Ritchie cast him in Lock Stock after hearing he'd also spent time selling stolen goods on the black market. It was only after his two Guy Ritchie outings that certain directors in Hollywood realised he'd make a good action star.
It wasn't Hollywood, it was the French director and producer Luc Besson, who cast him in _The Transporter._ *Then* it was Hollywood!
And he danced in an Erasure video.
Amazing reaction guys! This blew my mind when i first seen it
You would really enjoy *_GO_* (1999). I highly recommend it.
There's also *_2 Days in the Valley_* (1996).
Also…
*_The Mexican_* (2001)
Awesome movie suggestions.
This may be Ritchie's first, but it's also my favorite.
More in this vein:
Layer Cake
Rock 'n' Rolla
The Gentlemen
Sexy Beast
The Bank Job
Legend (more of a biopic, but still good Brit gangster)
I think you'll enjoy the Sherlock films, they're not bad. The Gentleman is fantastic, and as long as you avoid his movie with Madonna, most of his films have something interesting going on to lesser and greater extents.
Apparently it's weird how I find this film and Snatch to be the funniest films of all time.
Jim Carey taping his face up is funny, Robin Williams doing his thing is funny. However the situational humor and diolage in these Ritchie films cannot be matched.
This is my favourite Guy Richie film. The cliffhanger ending is a nod of the film The Italian Job which you should one day watch :)
The song from Zorba the Greek in that scene was great!
To best match the vibe of this and Snatch, I will echo others and highly recommend RocknRolla it has a fantastic cast. Also this was Statham's first acting role, 26:06 nice backflip, he had already been practicing martial arts in his youth
I love that movie I’ve been recommending Rocknrolla but know one has done it
Guy Ritchie’s last two movie The Covenant from 2023 and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare from 2024 were pretty good.
This movie and Snatch are almost like "what if Tarantino was British", and Vinnie Jones always plays the coolest roles. Aces to both! Perfect comedy of error flicks!
Budget was so low for this Guy debut, the only "Trailer" on "set" was an old small beat up caravan everyone shared to brew a cup of tea or have a quick nap in! And apparently Vinnie Jones made his job to keep everyone in check and make sure they kept the caravan tidy n clean! No-one argued! 😂
Ever since seeing this back in the 90s, "it's been emotional", has been my standard goodbye to my friends.
1.Lock Stockkkkkkk!!!!
2.Snatch
3.The Gentlemen
4.U.N.C.L.E
5.Wrath of Man A.K.A. Cash Truck. 🚚
Cash truck is on my Tubi list
Also RocknRolla was great.
Substitute UNCLE for Rocknrolla, and you got yourself a deal! (UNCLE is probably 6th or 7th for me)
I'd say the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is better than UNCLE
Agree with most of these, but let's be real - Guy Richie peaked with Sherlock
What's wild is that this film wouldn't have made it across the pond and attracted the attention it did if it hadn't have been for Tom Cruise, of all people. Tom saw a screening of it as a favour to a friend who was working on the film and was struggling to get US distribution. Tom loved it, told the execs in the room that they need to it up, otherwise they're just idiots. So they did, rest is history. There's quite a lot of fun behind-the-scenes trivia, too. Almost every actor has a criminal record; most of them grew up and worked in the East End; most weren't even professional actors; Vinnie Jones had just got out of police custody the day before filming because he beat the piss out of his neighbour; Statham's first acting role, but was a street vendor for some time, like he portrays at the start - as mentioned in the comments; Vinnie's first acting role too, scared the shit out of the cast and crew when filming Dog's car door murder scene though; Dexter Fletcher (Soap the chef) was the most experienced on set - he's been acting since he was a child - so ended up coaching a lot of the cast; and when Ed forgets to bring the guns to the robbery it's because the prop supervisor forgot to bring the props to the set, so Ritchie worked around that. Ritchie also wrote the ending on the back of a pack of cigarettes, after the original ending didn't do too well in test screenings.
What a lovely little reaction.
Thanks!