A spiffy heist flick that spins a complicated web of crime and reveals the importance of secrets to the rich and the powerful.
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03/07/08
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: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... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet
Director: Roger Donaldson
Reviews for The Bank Job
It makes the Ocean's films look like child's play -- or spoiled brat's play. The Bank Job is the best film of its kind since The Italian Job.
03/07/08
It's something new for heist pictures: a movie that can't even rip off its predecessor with any panache.
03/07/08
Statham fans weaned on the adrenaline flowing through The Transporter and Crank may feel short-changed, but the rest of us can appreciate the unassuming, old-fashioned craftsmanship of The Bank Job.
03/07/08
The Bank Job is nothing more than an efficient time-killer with the added bonus of being based on a real misadventure. But, unlike its benighted cast of characters, it gets the job done without a hitch.
03/07/08
A tight, classic-feeling film about losers banding together for one big score, then scrambling furiously as they realize they're in over their heads. It's fast, nifty, sharp and sweet.
03/07/08
Thanks to the twin pens of screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, what a jam-packed and misanthropic fiction this is.
03/07/08
The Bank Job is both an adrenalin-fuelled heist tale, a hit of history and a background glance at a world that no longer exists.
03/07/08
Longtime screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have woven a masterful narrative full of odd twists and dark humor from which Australian director Roger Donaldson and a prime cast mine plum characters and a tight plot to satisfying effect.
03/07/08
Top CriticIt's a routine treatment of a heist too outrageous to be believed, even if it is based on a true story.
03/07/08
With its cockneys and coppers and the caper that comes a cropper, the movie is fully engaging on several levels.
03/07/08
The workmanlike title The Bank Job is a nice fit for this wham-bam caper flick.
03/07/08
Top CriticThere's nothing here as lively as In Bruges or as arty as the recent London to Brighton. But if we are in a mini-renaissance of U.K. thrillers, even the so-so The Bank Job is a good reminder of what made them work to begin with.
03/07/08
In a marketplace that tends toward cranked-up action thrills, it's just nice to watch a level-headed crime movie aimed at actual grown-ups.
03/07/08
This is an old-school caper movie, no doubt, but it has a literary feel as well -- an efficient, no-nonsense thriller wedded to a work of juicy historical fiction (a welcome break from our steady diet of pulp).
03/07/08
All in all, the film written by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais feels both absolutely of the 1970s and absolutely fresh.
03/07/08
You need the right actors to make a movie as intelligent and as engaging as this one is, and [director] Donaldson knows how to make each character in this rather complex ensemble seem whole and distinct.
03/07/08
The movie plunges into this rank, choppy water and churns through it with a busily whirring story line and clear sense of purpose. The ride becomes its own satisfying reward, complete with the bumps and lurches along the way.
03/07/08
No worse than its generic title. And no better.
03/07/08
Top CriticBased in speculative part on the true story of a robbery in a vital London safety deposit vault, The Bank Job adds the spice of political intrigue as an underlying factor to the actual crime.
03/07/08
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July 04, 2008:
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June 30, 2008:
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