Snatch
Summary
The bestSnatchquotes supply the perfect mix of criminal offense dialogue and peculiar one - liners that has made the British movie a lasting fad achiever . The Guy Ritchie movieinterweaves various floor about villainous characters operate in London ’s criminal underworld . There are the struggling box promoters , multiple ruthless gangster , several inept one , a deadly Russian , and one very hungry frank . All these stories ram into one another , have for a gritty and hilarious hoyden with some memorable one - liners .
One ofGuy Ritchie ’s best movies , Snatchwonderfully play on characters and includes character for some of his most frequent partner , like Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones , as well as some Hollywood A - listers like Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro . Each of the type gets their moment to glint , and the quotable negotiation throughoutSnatchmakes them all resist out even more . From intimidating speeches to funny insults to dry out British mentality , the bestSnatchquotes both secured Guy Ritchie ’s life history as a writer - director and guarantee the moving picture is still regularly viewed decades after its expiration in 2000 .
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20"He Tells People He Was Named After A Gun But I Know He Was Really Named After A Famous 19th-Century Ballet Dancer."
Turkish (Jason Statham)
MemorableSnatchquotes depart from the moment the movie begin , with even the curtain raising voiceover containing some classic Guy Ritchie humor and slickness that ’s close - unimaginable to bury . As Turkish ( Jason Statham ) introduces the audience to the story andSnatch ’s chief characterswith his opening narration in the movie , he explains the origin of his name . He then go on to his partner , and explicate thatTommy ’s name is n’t derived from quite as classically tough a source as he pretendsthat it is .
This basic job became one of the most memorable quote inSnatchboth because it prepares the interview for what to look from Tommy .
Tommy ( Stephen Graham ) being inexperient and lenient than he act is a running theme throughout the movie . This prefatorial line became one of the most memorable quotes inSnatchboth because it prepares the hearing for what to await from Tommy incredibly well , while also establishing the overall sense of sense of humor of the British mobster movie .
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19"As Bent As The Soviet Sickle And As Hard As The Hammer That Crosses It."
The type inSnatch , like many of Guy Ritchie ’s gangster movies , act into a lot of crime motion-picture show stereotypes . While this can be problematic at points , have Jason Staham introduce them all through voiceovers inSnatchalso leads to some of the best inverted comma in the picture show . Boris The Blade is a major tug force behind the event in theSnatchstory , as he ’s one of the primary characters attempting to wager various interested parties off of one another to acquire the coveted steal diamond .
AsBoris is inclose by Turkish ’s recital , he gives the audience this colorful verbal description which tot up up the harden Russian very well all thing considered . It ’s as fitting as it is hilarious , as Boris proves himself to be one of the bad part in an ensemble fulfill with tough characters .
18"It’s A F****** Anti-Aircraft Gun, Vincent."
Sol (Lennie James)
The ensemble cast of characters inSnatchare all memorable in their own way . While Jason Statham ’s tale is the source of some of the most memorable lines , the interactions between the other character also lead to many of the funniestSnatchquotes . In the first of several failed plans by the mini bunch of Sol ( Lennie James ) , Vinny ( Robbie Gee ) , and Tyrone ( Ade ) , the crew attempts to rob a bookie and get the demand ordination with them .
Vinny shows off what he ’s come for the job , a large tactical shotgun , prompting Sol to respond with this humorously incredulousSnatchquote . It ’s far more firepower than they need and , in the end , it makes small difference to the plan ’s winner as it end up in the hands of one of the bookie ’s employees anyway . Like many of the best inverted comma in the movie , Lennie James ' delivery really sell this particular quote fromSnatch , as his over - pronunciation of Vincent ’s name is evocative of a parent disciplining a child and , as such , absolutely priceless .
17"It’s An Unlicensed Boxing Match. It’s Not A Tickling Competition."
Jason Statham is n’t only responsible for many of the bestSnatchquotes when he ’s narrating events for the audience in a voice - over , as Turkish also has an fantastically unparalleled fashion with words when speak to other grapheme in the movie — particularly Tommy . Though they are married person in crime , Turkish wastes no chance to point out Tommy ’s naivete and ignorance .
Turkish and Tommy have a alone kinship , with Tommy consistently being exasperated by Turkish ’s deficiency of understanding in various office . He is like an impatient parent trying to teach his immature son something . Given how often he has to do this , Tommy does n’t always have forbearance when it descend to explaining thing to Turkish either . WhenTommy questions whether the bare - knuckle joint boxers are really allowed to headbutt each other , Turkish offer this hilarious verification that tell apart Tommy just how out of his depth he is . It also sets the stage for stack of furiousness to get .
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16"Bonjour!"
Bullet-Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones)
Vinnie Jones is a frequent collaborator of Guy Ritchie ’s , and the director know how to habituate the unique worker to his full potential drop — especially inSnatch , as it ’s impossible to guess the fibre of Bullet Tooth Tony played by anyone else . come back from the casting ofGuy Ritchie ’s first movieLock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , former football player turned actor Vinnie Jones play the formidable smoke Tooth Tony . Tony is a hardened hatchet man in the criminal Scheol of London who has a report like to Boris ' for being unkillable .
It is an unexpected here and now that show up the off - kelter humor of the movie .
Tony is innovate in the motion-picture show as he ’s seen bashing an unknown person ’s psyche in a car door , mirror a similar moment from the finale ofLock , Stockand Two Smoking Barrels . When he hears the earphone vibrancy in his car , he hold on his violent violation and answers the phone with a well-disposed , " Bonjour!“It is an unexpected moment that shows the off - kelter humor of the flick that puddle it so much fun .
15"Oh, In Case We Have To Deafen Them To Death?”
Vinny (Robbie Gee)
There is always something harbor about stupid criminals in movies , andSnatchhas plenty of them . Vinny and Sol may not be the most spectacular graphic symbol , though they are among the funniest . They have some similarities to the relationship between Tommy and Turkish — although Vinny and Sol have caliber of each , with both being middling primitive and both thinking they get it on well than the other .
Vinny point out the obvious betise in the plan , as the sound of the " bang " wo n’t matter if there are n’t any literal crack fire .
As a part of another of the picture show ’s several botched robberies , Sol acquires some replica guns so that they can look like they actually plan to vote down someone without have to carry literal firearms . Vinny is unimpressed , butSol justifies his purchase by saying that he bought additional loud blanks . Vinny points out the obvious stupidity in the plan , as the speech sound of the " bang " wo n’t matter if there are n’t any actual slam fire .
14"Now… F*** Off."
Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones)
This line on its own does n’t seem all that memorable , but it come in at the last of a long(and incredibly , incredibly expletive filled spoken communication ) that is one of the dependable inSnatch , deliver dead by the inimitable Vinnie Jones , and the net three word for terrific punctuation :
Now , ds have campaign and clarity of imaginativeness , but they are not clever . They sense py and they desire a opus of the action . And you think you smack some near old py , and have brought your two little mincey ft ball along for a in force old time . But you ’ve got your company muddled up . There ’s no py here , just a dose that ’ll make you wish you were born a woman . Like a prick , you are having second cerebration . You are shrinking , and your two short balls are shrinking with you . And the fact that you ’ve catch " Replica " indite down the side of your guns , and the fact that I ’ve get " Desert Eagle point in time five O " written on the side of mine should precipitate your balls into shrinking , along with your presence . Now … fk off !
Armed with the replication hired gun , Sol , Vinny , and Tyrone enter a ginmill with the aim of robbing Bullet Tooth Tony as they get him unaware . However , with three guns aimed at his face , Tony sits down at a table with his beer and proceeds to intimidate the would - be thugs .
Tony does n’t even see these petty crook as worth kill .
Tony calls out the three men for gradually miss their nerve with each overtake second and the fear in their eye proves that Tony is correct in this judgement . He then ends the meeting by pointing out that their accelerator read " Replica " whereas his reads " Desert Eagle .50 . " Instead of killing the men where they put up , Tony simply cease his threatening speech by secernate them to " F * * * off " which they promptly do . It is a funny mo point Tony ’s weariness after the long day and the fact that Tony does n’t even see these petty felon as worth shoot down .
13"What’s Happening With Them Sausages, Charlie?"
Just like Vinnie Jones , Jason Statham is a frequent collaborator with Guy Ritchie , and the director is just as as adept at casting him in perfect roles for his unique delivery . Statham returned to Guy Ritchie ’s worldrecently after a long absence seizure as part of the cast ofOperation FortuneandWrath of Man , but their workings family relationship croak back years . Ritchie helped discover Statham inLock , Stock and Two smoke Barrelsand returns inSnatchas Turkish , add a blue - shoe collar charm .
One such part is that of Charlie , someone who apparently work on for Turkish ( Statham ) . As Turkish get going about his byplay , Charlie is off to the side make sausages . However , every meter Turkish asks about the progress on the food , Charlie replies " Two minutes , Turkish . “It ’s a pointless aside but adds strange wit to the scene .
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12"Why Do They Call Him The Bullet-Dodger?”
Cousin Avi (Dennis Farina)
Cousin Avi is an interesting character inSnatchbecause , as an American criminal only jaw London to reclaim a bungled situation , he ’s somewhat unaware of many of the unique customs and slang - term of the British criminal underworld . One such example that leads to a uproarious moment inSnatchis London criminals ' aptness for nicknames for one - another . Even in a world filled with serious characters , Boris ’s reputation crap him very feared . When Tony and Avi ( Dennis Farina ) discover out that Boris is the one who has the baseball diamond , Tony is worried and reveals Boris has an ominous nickname , " Boris the Bullet - Dodger " .
When Avi asks why he ’s called that , Tony simply reply " Because he dodges bullets , Avi . “There are a lot of type inSnatchwith memorable nicknames , from Doug the Head to Brick Top to Bullet Tooth Tony himself . It makes the moment even funnier when Avi eventually questions one of these nicknames and is given the most obvious explanation .
11"Shut Up And Sit Down, You Big, Bald F***.”
The late - bang-up Dennis Farina has an exceptional talent for playing uproariously blunt elusive guys , and this endowment take to one of the best quotation mark inSnatch . He was frightening and suspect all at once , and there was nothing comic than when he started lay into someone . As Avi , a emphasize - out American crime lord , Farina steal many of the scenes .
It makes it seem as though Avi appeared out of thin air to deliver this insult .
After learning that his desired diamond was slip , he tells his British associate that he ’s coming to class out this mess . As soon as Avi is in London , he greets Doug with this belligerent line . The mo is made fishy by the apace edited sequences of Avi pass on America and flying to London . It wee it seem as though Avi appeared out of thin air to deliver this insult . The line of reasoning is especially laughable since it ’s delivered to Doug who , in his own rightfulness , is a reverence criminal in London . It shows just how little Avi cares about the reputation of his UK associates in their native Edwin Herbert Land , and that he views bodily function outside the US as somehow beneath him .
