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The Bank Job (2008)

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Reviews Counted:140

Fresh:110

Rotten:30

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: Well cast and crisply directed, The Bank Job is a thoroughly entertaining British heist thriller.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content, nudity, violence and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $30,028,592

Synopsis: Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, LIONSGATE's ® The Bank Job stars Jason Statham (Transporter, Snatch, Crank, Italian Job) and Saffron... Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, LIONSGATE's ® The Bank Job stars Jason Statham (Transporter, Snatch, Crank, Italian Job) and Saffron Burrows (Klimt, Enigma). The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s England.

A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself...the true story of a heist gone wrong...in all the right ways.

Directed by Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Thirteen Days, The Recruit) and written by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (Across The Universe, Flushed Away), produced by Steven Chasman (Transporter 2) and Charles Roven (Get Smart, The Dark Knight); executive producers are George McIndoe, Ryan Kavanaugh, Alan Glazer and Christopher Mapp. THE BANK JOB also stars Richard Lintern (Syriana), Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys), Daniel Mays (Atonement), Peter Bowles (Freebird), Keeley Hawes (A Cock and Bull Story), Colin Salmon (Die Another Day, Punisher: War Zone), Peter de Jersey (TV's "Holby City"), James Faulkner (Colour Me Kubrick), Sharon Maughan (Another Stakeout), Alki David (The Freediver), Michael Jibson (Flyboys), Georgia Taylor (TV's "Coronation Street") and three-time Bafta® nominee David Suchet (TV's "Poirot"). --© Lionsgate
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Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet

Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet, Keeley Hawes

Director: Roger Donaldson

Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Steven Chasman, Charles Roven
Composer: J. Peter Robinson
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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  • A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself...
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    The Bank Job happily stole my attention

    Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
    08/03/09
    Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
    Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
    3BlackChicks Review

    The Bank Job is not just another slick caper film. It's robust, messy, cluttered, and a cut well above the average crime job.

    Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
    02/02/09
    Tony Macklin
    Tony Macklin
    Fayetteville Free Weekly

    Es como una película de Guy Ritchie pero sin toda esa parafernalia y sobre estetización que son su marca de fábrica.

    Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
    01/21/09
    Enrique Buchichio
    Enrique Buchichio
    Uruguay Total

    harientizomeno me amfisbitisimo goysto kai prospoiiti aythadeia me ta anomaliarika goysta tis agglikis afrokremas tis epohis, adynatei na dosei megethos sto terastion diastaseon politiko skandalo poy aggizei (oysiastika megethoys Watergate gia tin basilik

    Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
    09/16/08
    Joseph Proimakis
    Joseph Proimakis
    Movies for the Masses

    It isn't bad, but it can't find a rhythm between being based on a true, ugly story and trying to be a fun bank heist film.

    Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
    08/27/08
    Jeff Bayer
    Jeff Bayer
    The Scorecard Review

    Despite the name of the movie, this is not the typical mindless action b-movie that Jason Statham specializes in. It is much more an exploration of British corruption, sexual and otherwise, at the highest levels of 1960s British society. Not a great movie

    Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
    08/23/08
    Louis Proyect
    Louis Proyect
    rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Jason Statham sports enough stubble to scrape the metal off a gun. Not that he'd want to do so in this slight, silly heist movie, which turns out to be plenty of fun.

    Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
    08/09/08
    Christopher Smith
    Christopher Smith
    Bangor Daily News (Maine)

    ... by turns funny and suspenseful, and just a tad trashy in its speculations.

    Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
    08/06/08
    Felix Gonzalez Jr.
    Felix Gonzalez Jr.
    DVD Review

    Blazing with the ring of truth, The Bank Job is a tense and involving caper movie with more than the usual layers: a genuine Royal scandal.

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 1 Comment
    07/25/08
    Andrew L. Urban
    Andrew L. Urban
    Urban Cinefile

    The best thing about this caper whose elements include a royal scandal, exotic locations, MI5 involvement, a brothel with a clientele from high places, corrupt cops, romance and a heist by a bunch of small-time crooks, is that it is based on fact.

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    07/25/08
    Louise Keller
    Louise Keller
    Urban Cinefile

    THE BANK JOB is like a good movie trapped under ice. You can see it wants to be good on the surface, but just can't seem bust through.

    Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment 2 Comments
    07/22/08
    Austin Kennedy
    Austin Kennedy
    Sin Magazine

    Not a great film, maybe, but a pretty nifty one in any case.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    07/18/08
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    A real, honest-to-goodness throwback to the golden age of caper flicks.

    Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
    07/15/08
    David Cornelius
    David Cornelius
    DVDTalk.com

    Statham é um ator carismático e a história, baseada em incidentes reais e mergulhada em clima conspiratório, prende a atenção. Ainda assim, a resolução é frouxa e maniqueísta demais, sabotando o projeto.

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    07/10/08
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    Donaldson spins an intricate web of toxic layers of elaborate subterfuge and deceit that keeps both the thieves and audience on their collective toes.

    Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
    07/03/08
    Prairie Miller
    Prairie Miller
    NewsBlaze

    When the (supposedly) true story that this film is based upon was finally revealed, it isn't hard to imagine waiting over 30 years to make it...

    Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
    06/12/08
    Kevin A. Ranson
    Kevin A. Ranson
    MovieCrypt.com

    (The Bank job) is just a fresh flick with tons of entertainment and it goes by very quickly.

    Full Review Source: WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) | comment Comment
    05/24/08
    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

    It's difficult to remain interested when you feel you could leave the auditorium at any time and still take away the same experience.

    Full Review Source: Mansized | comment 6 Comments
    05/13/08
    Chris Laverty
    Chris Laverty
    Mansized

    Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game.

    Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
    05/02/08
    Sean O'Connell
    Sean O'Connell
    Charlotte Weekly

    One of the more loopy caper flicks.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
    03/29/08
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
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