The Bank Job | 
 enlarge | Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 110
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 23610
UPC: 031398236108
EAN: 0031398236108
ASIN: B0019EXZY4
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 2008
Release Date: July 15, 2008
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Product Description
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals Terry (Statham) finds himself deep into this real-life heist and quite suddenly the target of ruthless mobsters the police government officials at the highest level and even the royal family.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 031398236108 Manufacturer No: 23610
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A cheerful, energetic, and completely entertaining movie, The Bank Job follows some small-time hoods who think they've lucked into a big-time opportunity when they learn a bank's security system will be temporarily suspended--little suspecting that they're being manipulated by government agents for their own ends. The result is that the movie doubles its pleasures: While the robbery itself has the usual suspense of a heist film, when the robbery is over the hoods find themselves being hunted by the police, the government, and brutal criminal kingpins who were storing dangerous information in a safety deposit box. The Bank Job won't win any awards, but it's enormously fun. Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) propels the action along with vigor, editing zippily with perfect clarity among multiple storylines and various colorful characters. Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter), as the leader of the bank robbers, successfully steps away from his usual bone-crunching roles to a more human presence. The rest of the cast--including Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea), Keeley Hawes (Tipping the Velvet), David Suchet (Poirot), and many faces familiar from British film and television--give their characters the right degree of personality and flavor without getting fussy or detracting from the headlong rush of the story. A little sex, a lot of action, a sly sense of humor, and a twisty plot; if more movies had these basic pleasures, the world would be a happier place. --Bret Fetzer
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Not just another heist movie! August 19, 2008
Once again, Jason Statham delivers another great action-oriented film. If you liked Lock, Stock, and two smoking barrels, then you will definitely like this movie. Heavy with english accents and wit, this movie delivers with an very interesting plot that also has some political ramifications. Just as we depend on modern technology to safeguard valuables, criminals depend on innovative methods to outwit them.
A fine way to spend an evening August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bank Job is a heist movie. Heist films usually have three elements. First they are usually ensemble movies, (The Thomas Crown Affair being an obvious exception), the heist is a contest of wits and a race against time, and the protagonists look to be caught but in the end get away with the loot through some interesting plot twist.
This makes the antagonist exceptionally important. The antagonist must be a worthy opponent, but because a heist is basically robbery, this authority figure or competing criminal must lose and the audience needs to cheer their loss. Tough. Compared to a standard cop and robber story, a heist movie flips the audience sympathies to the bad guys.
Judged as a heist movie, The Bank Job deserves three stars. The biggest problem is that the story is loosely based on actual events. Not loosely enough because the storyline works too hard to bring the three elements together. (The gang actually takes a nap in the middle of the robbery.) Real life can be stranger than fiction, but not always more entertaining.
Judged as a drama, The Bank Job deserves four stars for a tight script, good acting, and interesting characters. American films shot abroad tend to chose picture postcard sites, but foreign films shot at home show the seamier side of their country. The Bank Job is a British film and it will never be confused with an American film shot in England. The feel and style of the movie is entirely British and part of its charm.
If you're a heist film aficionado, this may not be in your top 5, but if you like a well-crafted movie with a talented cast, you'll enjoy The Bank Job.
The Shut Mouth Society
The Shopkeeper
 Boring August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Within the first ten minutes of this move I felt that it could be a waste of 90 minutes of my life. I was right. Simply put, there are just better movies about bank robberies. Such as Inside Man, with Clive Owen and Denzel Washington. The Bank Job is very thin on plot and the development of the story line is slow and boring. In addition, there is not any real action scenes to speak of. Not in the traditional sense of blowing stuff up, cars chasing down the streets and fights, that is what keeps people entertained. This movie rocked me, to sleep that is and made me second guess what I was watching it in the first place.
Since this movie is partly based on a true story I hope that the real bank robbery that took place was a lot more fun and adventurous than watching this movie. Because overall there was absolutely nothing captivating about this movie.
 The Bank Job: Don't Miss It August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great romp of a film! It's essentially a crime film but with a sly sense of humour at times and with various wonderful plot twists. It's also quite confronting at times. It's always entertaining.
The film claims to be based on a true story. The magnitude of the robbery on which it's based was greater than the Great Train Robbery. Details were never allowed to be fully released as the crime had security implications.
So, let me back up a bit. A group of small time criminals gets a tip off about a bank vault where the alarms have been temporarily tuned off. They intend to dig a tunnel from an adjacent building and steal the contents of the various safe deposit boxes. In spite of themselves, they succeed. The money and jewels are stolen in the heist but so too are compromising photographs of Princess Margaret and others of various cabinet ministers. Needless to say, the photos are more valuable to some people than the money.
Through a series of crosses and double crosses, the gang mainly but not totally succeeds. Along the way, the plot twists and turns and the viewer is always kept guessing. Jason Statham as the leader of the team is very convincing. His beautiful accomplice Saffron Burrows provides some sexual tension to the story. She is quite a revelation.
I recommend this film without question. The British are very good at producing a crime thriller. Hollywood could take a few lessons. Do yourself a favour, go and see this film.
Decent August 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think I was expecting more from this picture when I watched it. Though it has its' moments, I enjoyed Ocean's Eleven more than this picture. Though it is a bit twisted at times and has some cleverness, there were a lot of moments that weren't so clever. And though I like Jason Statham, am I the only one who thinks he plays the same character in every movie he is in? I think most people will enjoy this heist movie, I just don't think it is one of the best of this type of movie.
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