Snatch

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Critics were split between enjoying Snatch's kinetic energy and dark comedy and dismissing it as a hollow retread of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels — the central debate being whether Ritchie's stylistic tricks could carry a film that felt like a remix of his own debut. Audiences landed far more warmly than critics, and the film has built a genuine cult following that puts it well above its contemporary critical reception.