It gets right the twists, the humor, the tension, the sexiness and, yes, the violence of a really fun, taut British thriller.
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03/06/08
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Reviews for The Bank Job
The Bank Job is a solidly built and entertaining Brit B-movie about a heist that goes wrong. And right.
03/06/08
Just isn't clever or surprising enough: it's complicated but conventional, strikes no sparks...[and] fails to juggle its myriad tones successfully.
03/06/08
Rote situations, wooden dialogue, and Jason Statham.
03/06/08
Maybe it's not the 100-percent truth -- maybe it's half, or more, invented. But it's a damn good guess, and a ridiculously entertaining one.
03/06/08
No one is going mistake Jason Statham for Daniel Day-Lewis, but the action specialist still deserves better material than he's usually given.
03/06/08
Owes more to Eastenders than The Italian Job with its mostly implausible piece of fiction disguising itself as a true crime story.
03/06/08
...a movie that's edgy and even darkly humorous at times, and definitely worth a trip to the theater.
03/05/08
The Bank Job is smart, well-paced, exciting entertainment for adults -- something that is more of a rarity than it should be.
03/05/08
Top CriticIf The Bank Job is forever known as 'The One Where Statham Cold Cocks an Old Dude,' the film's already a wild success
03/05/08
The Bank Job shapes up as one of the liveliest entertainments of the year and, in its twisted way, a genuine feel-good movie.
03/05/08
Top CriticThe Bank Job is sleek, sexy, and well acted. See it, and you probably won't mind if it's not all that thrilling.
03/04/08
This sluggishly paced caper flick fails to score.
03/04/08
It’s all sufficiently brisk and engaging as it’s going on, and afterward you certainly won’t feel ripped off. But you won’t feel any differently, either.
03/04/08
Top CriticRoger Donaldson, the Australian-born director who, in recent years, has become the kind of solid pro that Hollywood developed in the nineteen-thirties and forties, has made a straightforward, tight-knit crime thriller.
03/03/08
Top CriticTerrific film. Quite a surprise.
03/03/08
Top CriticI give in. Regardless of his limited acting range and penchant for choosing the goofiest projects available, Jason Statham is pretty awesome.
03/03/08
The Bank Job is good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept.
02/29/08
The cast is fine, clearly enjoying the 70s period and creating characters that are likeable but thin.
02/29/08
Enjoyable, nicely acted and well written heist thriller that successfully weaves together a number of threads and speculates on a fascinating true story.
02/29/08
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