The Bank Job
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Movie Reviews of The Bank Job
Movie Review: Smart thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
In the midst of a whole heck of a lot of action thrillers in which the emphasis is squarely on how much demolition can be done--and by the way, here's a special feature to show how--The Bank Job, while in fact including that, focuses on the human element much more than these other movies and comes out a winner for it.
The premise is novel and Jason Statham reveals aspects of a character he hasn't really portrayed before--someone with smarts enough to talk his way through some gritty situations, as well as someone who cheats on his wife with a former colleague and manages to get away with it. He's the soul of the movie, but it's a lot of fun to see David Souchet play a bad guy, very different from the terrorist bad guy in Executive Decision. In The Bank Job, Suchet sports a wig that can only be called a "rug" and interestingly enough, one of the special features is the director Roger Donaldson discussing all the work that went into defining the look of the movie, whose setting is 1970's London--including Souchet's hairpiece!
This is a reallly entertaining movie based, in fact, on a true story about robbers getting away with 4 million pounds, just to make sure upper level government officials secure some pretty scandalous photos which were stashed away in one of the bank's safety deposit boxes--i.e., robbers keep the cash as long as they turn over the photos.
Not as simple as might be thought; all kinds of complications arise, and that's where the fun is.
Highly entertaining; definitely recommended.
Movie Review: Heist Films Are Usually Entertaining, And This Is No Exception
Summary: 4 Stars
Jason Statham is well on his way to becoming typecast. It seems like he's in a ton of these kind of action films lately, although this movie is a bit more subdued and complicated than some of them. At least in this heist flick, there are several twists and turns and you have to stay alert to follow who is exactly on the up-and-up and who isn't, and Statham isn't punching out 10 people at once.
This is another one of these modern-day films in which the crooks, the thieves, the bandits - whatever - are the "good guys" and the police and the government officials are the bad guys. This seems to be a big favorite of the anti-authority filmmakers world in the last 40 years whether it's in Hollywood or London.
Regardless, it's a very entertaining film and Statham and company are fun to watch. That's also nothing new as the tough "Transporter" star has become a regular at playing these kind of nice guy/macho/thug roles.
Actually, everyone is pretty much a creep in this film, just to varying degrees. They are all interesting, too, and several of the minor characters have a good sense of humor, too. Add some very tense robbery scenes, some sex early on, some double-crosses later and you have a very serious Keystone Cops type story where you're never quite sure what crazy thing is going to happen next.
Movie Review: The Bank Job
Summary: 4 Stars
The story starts with Jason Statham running a auto sales and service business. He obviously owes money since two goons show up and start taking crow bars to cars. It doesn't take much convincing from an old girlfriend that he should get in on a bank heist she is planning. We know going into that one of the robbers has a hidden agenda for one of the safety deposit boxes, but the twists and turns thrown in along the preparation and robbery of the bank create some unforseen tension even after the job.
Afterall several of the boxes contained damning material for criminals and high government officials alike. Statham and the rest the cast do a fine job of keeping your interest in the characters and what happens to them. Good acting with a taut story makes "The Bank Job" work.This movie is based on a true story and so it makes it even more interesting to note the shake-up it causes in the police department, MI-5, and the government. Good quality DVD with decent replayability. If you enjoyed this be sure to catch "The Italian Job", "Snatch" and "Inside Man". - C. Luster
Movie Review: Great British Heist Movie based on a true story
Summary: 4 Stars
I wasn't familiar with the Baker Street robbery that took place in London in the early '70s and provides the source material for this British picture. The "Bank Job" has a lot to really like, but at the top of my list was the amazing recreation of 1971 London --- from the streets of the city to the styling of the clothing and hair of the characters. This amazing attention to time and place, along with the stellar ensemble cast of petty criminals, immediately sets the tone for this movie and transports you back to the time of post-60s disillusionment.
Unlike other suspense films, "The Bank Job" doesn't have so many twists and turns that it leaves you confused and frustrated trying to piece together an elaborate jigsaw puzzle. Perhaps this is because it is based on a true story and the screenplay remains true to the real life events. I'm still surprised that these petty thieves were able to get away with such a preposterous bank heist. "The Bank Job" is an entertaining, fast paced and engaging movie that is well worth a viewing.
Movie Review: Can I bend you to my will, Mr. Brown?
Summary: 4 Stars
A fantastic look into the underbelly of 1970s London, loosely based on the story of Michael X and the Baker Street bank robbery. With all the makings of high drama, we have a group of thugs quasi-anonymously hired to break into a bank vault to steal the contents of a specific box, thought to hold pictures of a royal family member in questionable circumstances, with the freedom to steal whatever else they like along the way. Straightforward enough. The robbery isn't the real focus though, and they succeed. What is critical is what happens after, when another covert government group becomes involved with further incriminating evidence found in the vault and many of the deposit box holders don't want to reveal the contents of their boxes. Though the plot does deviate from the story, proper, it's fiendishly well done and viewers end up agonizing over who to pull for. Definitely worth watching and not at all a family film.