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
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 CriticThe Bank Job happily stole my attention
08/03/09
The Bank Job is not just another slick caper film. It's robust, messy, cluttered, and a cut well above the average crime job.
02/02/09
Es como una película de Guy Ritchie pero sin toda esa parafernalia y sobre estetización que son su marca de fábrica.
01/21/09
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
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
Despite the name of the movie, this is not the typical mindless action b-movie that Jason Statham specializes in. It is much more an exploration of British corruption, sexual and otherwise, at the highest levels of 1960s British society. Not a great movie
08/23/08
Jason Statham sports enough stubble to scrape the metal off a gun. Not that he'd want to do so in this slight, silly heist movie, which turns out to be plenty of fun.
08/09/08
... by turns funny and suspenseful, and just a tad trashy in its speculations.
08/06/08
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
Not a great film, maybe, but a pretty nifty one in any case.
07/18/08
A real, honest-to-goodness throwback to the golden age of caper flicks.
07/15/08
Statham é um ator carismático e a história, baseada em incidentes reais e mergulhada em clima conspiratório, prende a atenção. Ainda assim, a resolução é frouxa e maniqueísta demais, sabotando o projeto.
07/10/08
Donaldson spins an intricate web of toxic layers of elaborate subterfuge and deceit that keeps both the thieves and audience on their collective toes.
07/03/08
When the (supposedly) true story that this film is based upon was finally revealed, it isn't hard to imagine waiting over 30 years to make it...
06/12/08
(The Bank job) is just a fresh flick with tons of entertainment and it goes by very quickly.
05/24/08
It'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
Bustles along to its central theft, then treads water until (it) can map a proper end game.
05/02/08
One of the more loopy caper flicks.
03/29/08
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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:
The Bank Job is coming to Australia
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