"An opportunity come to a car dealer by way of a beautiful model from his old neighborhood. He recognizes it as a change of a lifetime. The target is a room of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But what he doesn't realize is that the boxes also contain lots of dirty secrets."Movie type: Thriller - This is not the action=heavy type of film that fans of star Jason Statham are used to but a smart, suspenseful heist thriller. As such, the target audience is a little older and more sophisticated than his traditional following.
Director: Roger Donaldson
Script: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Starring: Jason Statham (Terry), Saffron Burrows (Martine), Stephen Campbell Moore (Kevin)
Length: 1 hr. 50 min.
Reviews:
“Good When this movie ends, the viewer feels as if he has seen an entire tale unfold rather than merely having been granted the chance to peer through a window at the inner workings of an infamous historical crime. The Bank Job is smart, well-paced, exciting entertainment for adults - something that is more of a rarity than it should be. “Berardinelli, Internet Critic
“Above Average A serviceable B-grade British heist movie, “The Bank Job” is no worse than its generic title. And no better. It front-loads the naughty sex and back-loads the plot twists (the titular crime takes place in the middle), but apart from the prominence of Princess Margaret in the subterfuge, it’s a pretty routine job, as the use of the hackneyed phrase “plot twists” earlier in this sentence should indicate. “Roger Ebert
“Good Imagine a blend of Snatch, Ocean's 11 and The Italian Job. Then juxtapose the staples of the caper genre with real events involving national security and high-level corruption, and the result is The Bank Job. Well-paced, smartly USA Today told and unpretentious, this solid British heist thriller also has moments of invention and imagination. “
“Good Lurking behind a criminally bad title is a surprisingly tight, clever, twisty heist tale, loosely based on real events and crisply directed... Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' screenplay is a deft blend of fact (including several of the more implausible turns), rumor and supposition, and Donaldson keeps all their narrative plates in the air while drawing a surprisingly warm and nuanced performance from Statham. “TV Guide Online
Source: cinemareview.com
06.07.2008