The Bank Job happily stole my attention
CommentAug 3, 2009
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays
Director: Roger Donaldson
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REVIEWS FOR THE BANK JOB
The Bank Job is not just another slick caper film. It's robust, messy, cluttered, and a cut well above the average crime job.
Feb 2, 2009
Es como una película de Guy Ritchie pero sin toda esa parafernalia y sobre estetización que son su marca de fábrica.
Jan 21, 2009
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
Sep 16, 2008
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.
Aug 27, 2008
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
Aug 23, 2008
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.
Aug 9, 2008
... by turns funny and suspenseful, and just a tad trashy in its speculations.
Aug 6, 2008
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.
Jul 25, 2008
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.
Jul 25, 2008
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.
Jul 22, 2008
Not a great film, maybe, but a pretty nifty one in any case.
Jul 18, 2008
A real, honest-to-goodness throwback to the golden age of caper flicks.
Jul 15, 2008
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.
Jul 10, 2008
Donaldson spins an intricate web of toxic layers of elaborate subterfuge and deceit that keeps both the thieves and audience on their collective toes.
Jul 3, 2008
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...
Jun 12, 2008
(The Bank job) is just a fresh flick with tons of entertainment and it goes by very quickly.
May 24, 2008
Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game.
May 2, 2008
One of the more loopy caper flicks.
Mar 29, 2008
The tension builds to a very high level and sustains that level for a long time.
Mar 26, 2008
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