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The Bank Job (2008)

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Reviews Counted:136

Fresh:107

Rotten:29

Average Rating:6.7/10

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

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

Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.

Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Feb 19, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $30M

Synopsis: In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London’s Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions... In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London’s Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered. Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then suddenly disappeared - the result of a UK Government ‘D’ Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden in those boxes, involving murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved.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. [More]

Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays

Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Richard Lintern, Don Gallagher, David Suchet, Peter De Jersey, Hattie Morahan, Peter Bowles, Gerard Horan, Craig Fairbrass, Colin Salmon, Sharon Maughan, Keeley Hawes, Georgia Taylor, Alistair Petrie

Director: Roger Donaldson

Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh, David Alper, Alan G. Glazer
Distributor: Lionsgate

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The Bank Job happily stole my attention

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
Aug 3, 2009
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
Feb 2, 2009
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
Jan 21, 2009
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
Sep 16, 2008
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
Aug 27, 2008
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
Aug 23, 2008
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
Aug 9, 2008
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
Aug 6, 2008
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
Jul 25, 2008
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
Jul 25, 2008
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 | comment 3 Comments
Jul 22, 2008
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
Jul 18, 2008
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
Jul 15, 2008
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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Jul 10, 2008
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
Jul 3, 2008
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
Jun 12, 2008
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
May 24, 2008
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

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

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
May 2, 2008
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
Mar 29, 2008
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The tension builds to a very high level and sustains that level for a long time.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
Mar 26, 2008
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
 
 
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