Blazing with the ring of truth, The Bank Job is a tense and involving caper movie with more than the usual layers: a genuine Royal scandal.
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07/25/08
The Bank Job (2008)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:110
Rotten:30
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Well cast and crisply directed, The Bank Job is a thoroughly entertaining British heist thriller.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 31, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $30,028,592
Synopsis: Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, LIONSGATE's ® The Bank Job stars Jason Statham (Transporter, Snatch, Crank, Italian Job) and Saffron... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet
Director: Roger Donaldson
Reviews for The Bank Job
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe best thing about this caper whose elements include a royal scandal, exotic locations, MI5 involvement, a brothel with a clientele from high places, corrupt cops, romance and a heist by a bunch of small-time crooks, is that it is based on fact.
07/25/08
Top CriticThere's no style, flash or flow to these proceedings -- the story proceeds as if by rote, a recital of events that's always a few paces behind any able-minded viewer.
03/06/08
THE BANK JOB is like a good movie trapped under ice. You can see it wants to be good on the surface, but just can't seem bust through.
07/22/08
There's TOO much story here. There are so many characters, twists, and turns in The Bank Job that the movie often feels disjointed and borderline impossible to follow.
03/07/08
Donaldson's film, about a dangerous crime during a tumultuous time period, suffers from a filmmaker utterly uninterested in dangerous filmmaking.
03/06/08
The falling-apart of this caper is much odder and more intriguing than the setting-up, but by the time The Bank Job gets there, it has already fallen apart.
03/07/08
Despite a good premise, this is oddly uninvoling -- culminating in a real disappointment.
02/28/08
Top CriticIt's difficult to remain interested when you feel you could leave the auditorium at any time and still take away the same experience.
05/13/08
Per formula, Terry's bad behavior is offset by the worse behavior of his assorted opponents.
03/21/08
Tautly mounted, it all looks authentically old fashioned, and there are a few nuggets of amusing dialogue amid the occasional violence, sexual debauchery, political corruption and overall hedonistic atmosphere.
02/28/08
Owes more to Eastenders than The Italian Job with its mostly implausible piece of fiction disguising itself as a true crime story.
03/06/08
This sluggishly paced caper flick fails to score.
03/04/08
Just isn't clever or surprising enough: it's complicated but conventional, strikes no sparks...[and] fails to juggle its myriad tones successfully.
03/06/08
This banal nonaction story is Jason Statham's Raw Deal or Boiling Point.
03/07/08
It isn't bad, but it can't find a rhythm between being based on a true, ugly story and trying to be a fun bank heist film.
08/27/08
Ultimately, we're not really interested in seeing whether there are any happy endings for any of these people.
03/06/08
No worse than its generic title. And no better.
03/07/08
Top CriticCinema by numbers.
02/29/08
harientizomeno me amfisbitisimo goysto kai prospoiiti aythadeia me ta anomaliarika goysta tis agglikis afrokremas tis epohis, adynatei na dosei megethos sto terastion diastaseon politiko skandalo poy aggizei (oysiastika megethoys Watergate gia tin basilik
09/16/08
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July 04, 2008:
These heady high jinks ultimately deflate as a gritty collection of assembled journalistic details, with little solid dramatic scrutiny of dirty politics or shadowy personalities. 
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June 30, 2008:
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