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The Bank Job [2008]
from Lions Gate Home Entertainment
starring Jason Statham, David Suchet, Stephen Campbell Moore, Keeley Hawes, Saffron Burrows
directed by Roger Donaldson

Features:

• PAL

Editorial 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

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• What a great BRITISH film.
  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... more info

• enjoy this film a lot - and then imagine it was true!
  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... more info

• "You've opened Pandora's box..."
  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... more info

• so close to five stars!
  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!

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