Three groups of characters are intent on retrieving an elusive diamond which has been stolen from an Antwerp jeweler. In the first group are friends and business partners, Turkish and Tommy, who join up with Mickey, an Irish gypsy and boxer. Turkish and Tommy make arrangements with Mickey to take a fall in a match engineered by lunatic gang leader Brick Top. In another corner resides equally loony Russian gangster Boris the Blade, who has asked Jewish gangster Franky Four Fingers to place a bet on the match for him. Boris is also scheming to have Sol, the owner of a pawn shop, rob the place with a couple of dim associates. Meanwhile, Avi, freshly arrived in London from New York, hires Bullet Tooth Tony to find Franky when he goes missing; it seems that it was none other than Franky who was supposed to be transporting the purloined diamond to New York.
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought this was a Quentin Tarantino film. It's very strange, dark, hard to follow at times and has several stories going on all at once. The storyline was OK (nothing special), some parts were humorous, there was lots of action and the ending wrapped it up with an amusing twist. My biggest gripe is that it was hard to understand what some of the characters were saying in some instances - especially Brad Pitt's character who had some sort of weird Irish accent. Give it a look, but pay close attention...
Rating: 3 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Stephen Graham
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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