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The Bank Job [2008] | ![The Bank Job [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61caiVg7NIL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Jason Statham, David Suchet, Stephen Campbell Moore, Keeley Hawes, Saffron Burrows
Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 255
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060052415066
ASIN: B001563I66
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: June 30, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk review
A cheerful, energetic, and completely entertaining movie, The Bank Job follows some small-time hoods who think they've lucked into a big-time opportunity when they learn a bank's security system will be temporarily suspended--little suspecting that they're being manipulated by government agents for their own ends. The result is that the movie doubles its pleasures: While the robbery itself has the usual suspense of a heist film, when the robbery is over the hoods find themselves being hunted by the police, the government, and brutal criminal kingpins who were storing dangerous information in a safety deposit box. The Bank Job won't win any awards, but it's enormously fun. Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) propels the action along with vigour, zippy editing (with perfect clarity among multiple story-lines) and various colourful characters. Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter), as the leader of the bank robbers, successfully steps away from his usual bone-crunching roles to a more human presence. The rest of the cast--including Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea), Keeley Hawes (Tipping the Velvet), David Suchet (Poirot), and many faces familiar from British film and television--give their characters the right degree of personality and flavour without getting fussy or detracting from the headlong rush of the story. A little sex, a lot of action, a sly sense of humour, and a twisty plot. If more movies had these basic pleasures, the world would be a happier place. --Bret Fetzer
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Enjoyable November 4, 2008
Sizzle (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a decent caper from the early 70's based on a true story but how much so is anyone's guess.
It does depict London at that time as coming to terms with the increasingly glamourous underworld yet still bound by the chains of the establishment.
Written by Ian La Frenais & Dick Clement (of Only Fools & Horses fame) it perhaps could have had a sharper dialogue however, it does have enough twists & turns to keep you interested throughout. Jason Statham & the rest of the cast put in good performances although the locations do look a little stilted & economy budget.
The final credits tie up loose ends nicely & all in all it's a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.
great story October 28, 2008
RD
The Bank Job works for several reasons;
1 - the good ol fashion British humour and wit
2 - the fact it is based on a true story
3 - the sheer joy in seeing the powers that be of the world being outplayed at their own game
As I said, based on a true story the movie revolves around the robbery of a branch of Lloyds in the early 70's. There are many reasons a movie was made of this particular heist but prob the most was the fact it was set in motion by the secret service! Needless to say things didn't quite go as planned and the robbers ended up with a lot more than they bargained for with the cops after them for the actual crime, the service after them for the contents of one lockbox and the mob for the contents of that and other boxes!
A very entertaining movie of an event some people may remember.
 Return of the Great British gangster movie October 23, 2008
chuckles (Netherlands)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is well written, action packed with a bit of light hearted comedy to keep it from getting too heavy. This movie carries on with the tradition of Lock Stock, and a welcome return after the last few attempts. A couple of dodgy accents, but that's a very small issue. The film is in 2 parts, the first the robbery then as soon as that's done, then the action really kicks in. The fact that it's based on a true story makes it even better. Good entertainment
 Saffron Burrows September 15, 2008
Citizen Kane
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Bank Job is so so as entertainment, but the most fun/pain can be had by watching the cringeworthy Saffron Burrows inexplicably given another film role to demonstrate how she is probably the worst British actress of all time.
A likeable and gritty British gangster movie September 11, 2008
N. Burgess
This has all the essential ingredients a good old school British gangster movie needs: an outrageous heist, a 1970s setting, horrible villains, likeable villains - and Jason Statham.
On the surface this film appears like a straightforward bank robbery film. A group of small time crooks get some inside information on a bank and after much deliberation decide, in Statham's words, "to step up to the first division" and carry out their first bank robbery. Little do they know that the bank they are robbing holds safety deposit boxes containing extremely sensitive photos and information on all sorts of influential figures in the British establishment. So not only are they embarking on the biggest ever robbery in terms of money stolen, but also potentially the most damaging to the reputations of some very high profile people, including politicians, the secret service, and even royalty.
All the performances are excellent with everyone playing their roles well. The script is also a good one, never resorting to the corny and cliché-ridden stereotypes of cockney villains, instead portraying Statham's gang realistically as just every day small time crooks looking for their next 'job'. Jason Statham can play these likeable rogue type roles with his eyes closed, but it's good to see his character have a deeper and more emotional tone as he tries to balance his criminal ways with his genuine commitment to his family.
As a pure heist movie this film works great, showing the whole bank robbery from conception to completion and superbly recreating all the challenges the robbers had to deal with. But the fact this robbery also ended up having such profound repercussions for such a wide cross-section of society from senior figures in the British hierarchy to notorious gangsters, means the film also makes for a very tense and intriguing thriller. An excellent film, definitely recommended.
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