The cast is fine, clearly enjoying the 70s period and creating characters that are likeable but thin.
02/29/08 08:46 AM
The Bank Job (2008)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 124 Fresh: 96 Rotten:28 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: 28-02-2008
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 Burrows (Klimt, Enigma). The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet, Keeley Hawes
Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Steven Chasman, Charles Roven
Composer: J. Peter Robinson
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Steven Chasman, Charles Roven
Composer: J. Peter Robinson
Reviews
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 08:44 AM
In short, this is not a very distinguished film, but it does have a good enough plot to keep you watching and wondering what is the result of good research and what has been constructed by intelligent guesswork.
02/29/08 08:30 AM
Exciting and silly fun – but like the heist itself, you’ll wonder if it was worth it.
02/29/08 08:27 AM
As a spectacle of ingenious larceny, it's not up there with Rififi, or even Sexy Beast. But it's not bad, either.
02/29/08 08:14 AM
While other countries do state-of-the-art schadenfreude, we are stuck in the steam age. We feed coal into the engines of old-fashioned heist thrillers.
02/29/08 07:51 AM
Hugely enjoyable. Can't British cinema do this sort or thing a bit more often?
02/29/08 03:05 AM
Top Critic Light-hearted but no comedy, dark but not depressing, a Cockney caper that’s never close to larky, it’s a back-to-basics Brit flick that tells a good story with a minimum of pretension.
02/29/08 02:42 AM
The tone is strangely erratic, aiming for the breezy high-jinks of Ealing comedy in the first half, then collapsing into dead-eyed sadism, then back to cheeky cockney chappies for a reasonably rousing climax.
02/28/08 09:49 AM
Top Critic Fun but instantly forgettable, this retro heist movie illuminates a long-forgotten British blag. Despite a smart set-up, its smash ‘n’ grab raid on ’70s nostalgia leaves little to dissect over a post-movie pint.
02/28/08 09:25 AM
It's watchable...but to some people so was Last of the Summer Wine.
02/28/08 08:24 AM
Tautly mounted, it all looks authentically old fashioned, and there are a few nuggets of amusing dialogue amid the occasional violence, sexual debauchery, political corruption and overall hedonistic atmosphere.
02/28/08 07:48 AM
Top Critic Despite a good premise, this is oddly uninvoling -- culminating in a real disappointment.
02/28/08 04:27 AM
Top Critic It's difficult to remain interested when you feel you could leave the auditorium at any time and still take away the same experience.
05/13/08 03:12 PM
Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game.
05/02/08 12:57 PM
The tension builds to a very high level and sustains that level for a long time.
03/26/08 12:27 PM
Following three theatrical bombs, British actor Jason Statham hits pay dirt with this compelling picture about the famed 1971 Baker Street bank robbery in London.
03/26/08 10:33 AM
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