Jason Statham,
Saffron Burrows,
Stephen Campbell Moore,
Daniel Mays,
James Faulkner
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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: 14,084 reviews
Typical bank heist movie...it dragged on a little too long thought. There really wasn't anything special about it...kinda disappointing.
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 allot of fun. It's a real steal. Loaded with twist and ...( read more)
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)
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)
It was quite entertaining, especially as Statham wasn't allowed to solo this movie. Otherwise it would had been all about him as we've seen for the last few years.
I like most part of the movie except love and family things, especially the ending. I don't know if the scenes are also based on a true story, it is better to delete them.
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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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