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The Bank Job [2008]

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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: 4.0 out of 5 stars

29 reviews
Sales Rank: 263

Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 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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4 out of 5 stars

What a great BRITISH film. November 30, 2008
Sophie (Dorset, UK)
Another great British film, following the likes of Hot Fuzz and Bridget Jones.
The Bank Job is based on a true event which was covered up by the media. They stole more money in one night then any other criminal could ever imagine.
In the film they plan to dig their way into the safety deposit box area of the bank via another shop, then they find some photos which were supposed to be kept secret. Then the guy behind these photos wants them back.
I'm going to say no more because I'll probably ruin it for you otherwise!

5 out of 5 stars

enjoy this film a lot - and then imagine it was true! November 28, 2008
phil mars (WALES--UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a cops and robbers film in the best tradition of British cinema - down to earth,likeable, sometimes gauche villains, with a few heavies, a vile Mr Big,some bent coppers, and a liberal dose of MI5.......... hang on. that bit's different then........This makes the plot more convoluted than usual, but the direction is cut to the bone to avoid any brain-power overload - after all , you don't want to be having to do too much thinking when you're having so much fun watching the film!
What brings MI5 into it is big enough to really ratch up everyone's anxiety - everyone in the film that is .......... until it starts to get violent , and then we get cought up in the tension as well, although somehow we just know it will work out ok for some guys, with maybe a comic aspect.
Brilliantly done then - sex, violence,bank robbery, conspiracy, counterconspiracy,black comedy, Trinidadian drug baron........oh,and members of the Royal Family..............well, what more could you want?
...what? - you want it all to be true as well ....... oh come onnnnn....!

4 out of 5 stars

"You've opened Pandora's box..." November 27, 2008
DangermouseZilla (Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

At first this looks as though it's another jaunty London gangster film, the sort that's fun to watch but little else. But The Bank Job soon develops political intrigue to become a suspenseful snippet of British history.

Based (though I suspect quite loosely) on a true story, we a see a troupe of lovable rogues manoeuvred into pulling off a bank job. But by the time of the heist we realise that there are many vested interests - and the thieves are the least villainous of the lot. This keeps us firmly on the side of the robbers who bizarrely appear to be the most moral bunch in the film.

This is very much a film about turning the tables. The thieves are puppets, the robbery is orchestrated to recover items of national interest - but in doing so other powerful groups are upset by loss of assets. This enables to puppets to start pulling the strings themselves. This isn't a braindead comedy crime farce, it's a drama which will appeal to almost everyone.

Jason Stratham plays the same sort of role he plays in the countless other jack-the-lad gangster films of late - but it's something he does well and here it manages to feel quite fresh. Stephen Campbell Moore doesn't get enough screentime in my opinion - but then again I would think that seeing as he's one of my favourite actors at the moment. The film doesn't suffer from poor performances, especially when it has long-time legends such as David Suchet and Peter Bowles in prominent roles.

In a nutshell: You think this is going to be a predictable trendy crime caper, but once the robbery has taken place you're still only halfway into the film and you find yourself on the edge of your seat watching a political suspense drama. I don't doubt that this is only tenuously represents historical fact - but when a film is this entertaining, it doesn't really matter.

4 out of 5 stars

so close to five stars! November 17, 2008
Ms. F. I. Macdonald (uk)
This was a brilliant film. Totally fantastic. I cannot fault anything about it except.... that whilst the first half of the movie was action packed, funny, and sexy, the second half seemed to loose some of this excitement. It carried on being very good but I was much more on the ball with the first half. I cannot actually believe this was based on a true story. How amazing that they got so far and no one was any the wiser!

4 out of 5 stars

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.

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