The Bank Job | 
| 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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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 322
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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 Now Gimme Money, That's What I Want September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The best things in life are free
But you can keep it for the birds and bees.
Now gimme money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want, ye-ye-yeh,
That's what I want.
Money don't get everything it's true.
What it don't get I can't use.
So gimme money (that's what I want)
A little money (that's what I want)
That's what I want, ye-ye-yeh,
That's what I want."
The Beatles
The Royals in a scandal? Shocked? In 1971, MI5 or is it MI6 shook the walls and employed every sort of scam to obtain some pictures of Princess Margaret in very compromising X-rated situations. This film is the story of the caper to get those pictures back. A true story we are told and the results of this robbery shook the entire upper crust.
A robbery took place at the Lloyd's bank at the corner of Baker's Street and Marylebone Road in London. The afore mentioned pictures had their home in a safe box in this bank. A gang of villains, as one of the female characters called these thugs, dug their way into the safety deposit box area and made off with millions of dollars worth of loot and valuables. The motley crew of characters were brought together to pull off the heist. Jason Statham plays Terry, a third rate car dealer with a wife and family being hounded by creditors. He sees this job as a way to get out of his debt. Terry and his gang are recruited by an ex-model Martine, who is played by Saffron Burrows. Martine was caught in a drug bust and is paying back a top government man for her freedom. She is double crossing her ex-lover, Terry and he knows something is up. He and the gang dig underground into the safe deposit area of the bank, and into 'one helluva a mess'.
The film starts out strong with an x-rated version of England's Margaret having a very good time on the beach in an island scene. The story seems plausible,if not done many times before. The gang, a little naive and sloppy, but full of east London's best. The film lags here and there and the script falls apart. The basic premise is old and tired, but the characters do give this film some charm and I stuck it out to the end.
Recommended. prisrob 09-06-08
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 THE BANK JOB September 6, 2008
The Bank Job is one great film. Based upon true facts. Perfect Crime Film. Loved it and have watched twice.
Pretty Good Flick September 5, 2008
Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows definitely make the movie. A great heist movie wherein you want the crooks to get over, mostly because of their savvy and vulnerability. The movie has a great plot and some surprises. It can be a little bloody toward the end, but without that, it wouldn't be as substantive. Recommended.
First Rate Heist Flick September 1, 2008
"The Bank Job" is an adrenaline rush from start to finish. Generally these type of films don't work for me because the capers themselves aren't really that interesting. This film, however, brought to my mind such classics of the genre as John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" and Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing". I think the reason for that is the aftermath of the heist is the most interesting aspect of the film where interested parties other than the police, such as the underworld and the Crown, try to nab the culprits. This film is also a step forward for Jason Statham. Statham, the unofficial king of the Labor Day weekend movie dump (see "Crank" and "War"), gets to work with a prestige director like Roger Donaldson here and carries the film in glorious fashion. For those who don't mind a little rough stuff this flick is not to be missed.
Another 5 Star from Terry August 31, 2008
Jason Statham got an excellent part in this one. I thought it was a very good movie. The fact that it was based on a true story added to the heist being an intense one. If your attention started to lag (it did not) Saffron Burrows was there to pick it up. If you like Statham, buy it. If you don't, rent it. Definitely worth your time.
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