Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore
In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London’s Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered....( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
Stats: 13,974 reviews
I liked The Bank Job a lot. It's not much like the average Jason Statham movie, which I guess can be attributed to the fact that it's based on a true story.
It's nice to see him in a differnet kind of movie for a change. Everything is a little subdued in a British kind of way, ...( read more)
A smart, stylish, exciting, hard-edged, blisteringly funny and wickedly entertaining crime-thriller. A total blast. A very vintage, clever, enjoyable, pulse-pounding and bold heist film that scores. It's thrilling, tense and alot of fun. It's a real steal. Loaded with twist and t...( read more)
This is a great little film. Good plot, acting and story and it?s all true! Roll on 2054 when we can finally find out who's in the photo! They could have easily sexed this one up and missed out certain facts but it didn't and I was surprised and impressed by how detailed the stor...( read more)
possibly the suprise film of 2008 is a heist film based on mostly true events in london. easily stathams best film, i was blown away by how very interesting and well made this film is. had the film boasted a more recognizeable cast im sure it would have recieved more attention,...( read more)
Nice movie,good cast and its a throw back to those caspers of yester years.Jason statham plays this cool likehe did in snatch and lock stock and its a great return for him. The style of this is well done and feels good and the supporting cast are all on top form.Recommand !
If you fused Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the best of the Ocean's movies, this is what you get. Such a fun movie with also a well contrived plot. Jason Statham has always been one of my favorite action stars because he actually has the ability to act, I loved his chara...( read more)
The Bank Job (2008)
When you think of a Jason Statham movie you think of lots of car chases with "J" turns, squealing tires, and gun shots, plus opportunities to see Jason with his shirt off. But, this movie is more of a caper movie than an adventure movie. It still offers ple...( read more)
Come si può intendere dal titolo, il film parla di una rapina in banca. Se poi ci aggiungi anche che l'attore protagonista è Jason Statham, si può dedurre facilmente che la rapina avviene in una banca di Londra, o comunque inglese: fin quì niente di nuovo, anzi, sembrerebbe il so...( read more)
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. full review
The Bank Job engages us fully with a tale that's well-fashioned more than anything else, a fascinating study of morality at several levels of English society, and of honor, or the lack of it, among im... full review
Well-paced, smartly told and unpretentious, this solid British heist thriller also has moments of invention and imagination full review
Director Roger Donaldson commendably avoids the violence-soaked artiness of Guy Ritchie's crime yarns, but fails to find a strong arc of action through the cluttered, sometimes confusing story. full review
I give in. Regardless of his limited acting range and penchant for choosing the goofiest projects available, Jason Statham is pretty awesome. full review
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. full review
Director Roger Donaldson keeps the suspense crackling. By the end, you'll want to know more about a heist that literally did shake the empire. full review
Don't get me wrong. I have enjoyed Jason Statham a few times. He was the only reason The Italian Job was worthwhile. I loved him in Snatch. This one is not worthwhile though.
The story is not what you would expect, and it is just disappointing. It was based off of a true story, and it was made to look like a bank robbery movie. This was about 20 - 30 minutes of the movie. The rest of it was just kinda fluff put in there so that the movie could be feature length. There are so many parts in this movie that were extremely unnecessary. Now, don't get me wrong...there are some really cool scenes in here, but not too many. Overall, it wound up being kinda boring. You didn't really feel too much for the characters, it was kinda predictable to an extent (not entirely), and it kinda dragged on and on with unnecessary scenes.
The acting...well, it's a Jason Statham movie. When has the acting in those types of movies ever been good? I wasn't expecting it to be, and it wasn't. I didn't really care about that though too much. It's meant to be kinda an action/heist movie, so why does acting matter immensely?
When a movie is bad, you can blame it on the director in some way, shape, or form. He has the final say on things in most scenarios. The movie just wasn't very good. Plain and simple.
Overall, I don't recommend this movie. It kinda drags on, and you will probably leave disappointed. Save yourself the time and do something else.
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