I loved the film, so I had high hopes for this TV series.Sadly, far too much comedy based on cheap slapstick and ridiculous misfortunes, and Ron Weasly's ridiculous overacting just spoiled it completely. Presumably because he is the wealthy producer, he gets a free reign to do what he wants. And it shows.

Its not the movie, I feel when making the show they knew they couldn't make something as good as Snatch, but what I felt they did amazingly is it captures the feel of the movie, with none of the big name actors, yet instead its full with an all young main cast who were very enjoyable to watch together.The series follows a typical Snatch/ Lock Stock or similar movie type story of them constantly chasing the payday which keeps moving and I felt overall they did this well. Don't get me wrong its not the best series ever with not the best script made ever but it captured the feeling of Snatch which I am very happy about. I would rather watch more of this kind of series or movie then more superhero movies/series that are being pumped out year after year.

Much like a bland meal, this series was digestible, however lacked the depth and intensity of flavour characterised by so many great series. This was like a dry jacobs cream cracker. I mean I'm a man that can take a certain amount of satisfaction in eating a certain amount of dry jacobs cream crackers but after a while it does get somewhat tiresome. I think the actors are not to be blamed. They have done the best job with what they've got here, but the writers/producers/directors whilst not entirely doing a bad job, should be shot. Sit the writers down and make them watch all seasons of The Sopranos or any other great series let them learn some lessons, cah fa real, they've let every one down with this and that's not to say it's crap cos it's not but come on mate, the last episode especially, they run out of the warehouse with that money and straight out to about 10 cop cars and then proceed to put the money in the van without so much as one copper outside, the whole thing gets quite unbelievable in places. Also Rupter Grint is annoying, don't know why, he's just got one of those faces.

In the past year's craze of "let's capitalize on a successful movie by turning it into a TV-show for nostalgic 30-somethings", "Snatch" follows the same recipe, taking enough elements from the original to justify the use of the name, but still understanding that's it a TV show and needs to be treated accordingly.And, as with all these shows I've viewed recently (Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour, Westworld), it unfortunately doesn't manage to get above the level of "decent entertainment".This show, among its qualities, has two main problems :-- Not everyone has the directing and writing talents of Guy Ritchie, and not everyone has the charisma of Jason Statham or Brad Pitt. The directors and leads of this show certainly don't. The main characters are not bad, in writing and acting, and do generate some sympathy, but when you compare them to such flamboyant characters as Mickey or Boris the Blade, these new heroes taste very bland.-- The "Snatch formula" worked incredibly well when packed in a 90-minutes movie. When it is diluted in 8 hours of a 10 episodes series, the effect is far from being the same. Goofy gangsters, funny dialogues and stylish editing are lost amidst family drama, love interests and other stuff that is just there to increase the overall length. Let's just hope that the happy ending will keep the authors from making a second season.