The Bank Job

    The Bank Job
    2008

    Synopsis

    Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.

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    Cast

    • Jason StathamTerry Leather
    • Saffron BurrowsMartine Love
    • Stephen Campbell MooreKevin Swain
    • Daniel MaysDave Shilling
    • James FaulknerGuy Singer
    • Andrew BrookeQuinn
    • Michael JibsonEddie Burton
    • Georgia TaylorIngrid
    • Richard LinternTim Everett
    • Peter BowlesMiles Urquhart

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Entertainment Weekly

      One of the pleasures of The Bank Job is that it returns us to the days when robbing a bank was a gritty, hole-in-the-wall affair.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      Dull title for a juicy, fact-based caper movie that's full of surprises I have no intention of spoiling.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      A heist movie in the classic tradition - it details every aspect of the caper, from its genesis to its aftermath. The fact that there's political intrigue and espionage swirling around the edges only makes it more fascinating.
    • 75

      Premiere

      The suspense aspect works like mad, but what's also noteworthy is the character component, which at times evokes a "Smash Palace"-era Donaldson.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Slick, ice-cold and enjoyable, The Bank Job is a bit of all right.
    • 70

      The New Yorker

      The actual robbery that the picture is based on is shrouded in mystery, and the screenwriters, Dick Clement and Ian La Fresnais, have engaged in a fair amount of entertaining invention.
    • 70

      Dallas Observer

      Statham's totally believable. He might yet become Bruce Willis.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      Unlike the other great caper films of the last 10 years, like "Ocean’s 11" and "The Italian Job" – stylish affairs in which punishment is close enough to give the audience a sense of lingering danger but never so close that it gets in the way of the technological fetishism and love of tailored shirts that apparently make grand larceny such a kick – the blowback in The Bank Job is real and ugly and involves some sort of pneumatic paint-stripping machine that would freak out the Coen Brothers.

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