I'd do the job with Jason anytime! (The Bank Job (Blu-ray))
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The Bank Job (Blu-ray)
Date: 15/11/08 (32 review reads)
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Advantages: Great plotline, great acting, great set
Disadvantages: Lack of other decent characters
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The Bank Job is inspired by an extraordinary true event - a daring robbery that took place ... more
in the 70's, with a haul valued higher than that of the Great Train Robbery. Yet almost as soon as the 'Walkie Talkie Bank Job' happened, a gagging order was placed on the story and it disappeared completely from the media.Only now, over 30 years later, has the fascinating story come to light and the truth behind a right royal scandal been exposed. Directed by Roger Donaldson (The Recruit, Species), The Bank Job reveals an amazing backstory where for once the criminals were the most innocent ones involved.
The Bank Job is inspired by an extraordinary true event - a daring robbery that took place ... more
in the 70s, with a haul valued higher than that of the Great Train Robbery. Yet almost as soon as the 'Walkie Talkie Bank Job' happened, a gagging order was placed on the story and it disappeared completely from the media. Only now, over 30 years later, has the fascinating story come to light and the truth behind a right royal scandal been exposed. Director Roger Donaldson (The Recruit, Species), The Bank Job reveals an amazing backstory where for once the criminals were the most innocent ones involved. Starring Jason Statham (The Transporter, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea) and David Suchet (TV's Poirot), this is a highly charged thriller and an immensely enjoyable Brit-flick in one.
The Bank Job is a highly-charged heist thriller based upon the infamous 1971 robbery that ... more
took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London. Starring Jason Statham as Terry a car dealer with a dodgy past and Saffron Burrows as Martine the woman with the plan The Bank Job interweaves corruption murder and scandal with 1970s England! When Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street he recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime! The plan: to target a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewellery. However Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld the highest echelons of the British government and the Royal Family itself.
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In this heist film starring Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER), the mystery doesn't revolve ... more
around the robbery itself. Instead, when the thieves steal the contents of safe deposit boxes at a London bank, they uncover evidence of deceit and crime that reach all the way to the crown.
Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows star in director RogerDonaldson's cinematic account of ... more
the true-life 1971 London bankrobbery that baffled the authorities and fascinated the public.Terry Leather (Statham) was a small-time car dealer who was tryingto leave his shady past behind and start a family. Though he'dnever been involved in any major crimes, he wasn't exactly on thestraight and narrow his whole life either. Martine Love (Burrows)is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighborhood who knows thather former neighbor is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproofplan to rob a Baker Street bank, Terry recognizes the danger butrealizes this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As theoperation gets underway, the resourceful band of thieves burrowsits way into a safe-deposit vault at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone,quickly hitting a literal treasure trove of cash and pricelessgems. But while the crew did know that the safe-deposit boxescontained millions in riches, they didn't realize that they alsocontained secrets that implicated everyone from London's mostnotorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, andeven the Royal Family. Though the crime would make headlines allacross Britain for several days after the fact, a government gagorder eventually brought all reporting on the case to an immediatehalt. Could it be that the most notorious bank robbers in recentmemory were actually the most innocent people involved in thisscandalous crime?
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Advantages: Good story , great characters, tense Disadvantages: None
I'd do the job with Jason anytime! (The Bank Job (Blu-ray))
kellylouj
Name: kellylouj
Product:
The Bank Job (Blu-ray)
Date: 15/11/08 (32 review reads)
Rating:
Advantages: Great plotline, great acting, great set
Disadvantages: Lack of other decent characters
Going through our DVD rental list I noticed this film was listed as available but we had it ... ...a comedy.
The Bank Job was released earlier this year and ever since I saw it advertised I have wanted to watch it.
The film is based on the 1971 true story of the Baker Street robbery, Terry Leather (played by Jason Statham) is a London Car Dealer with a pretty colourful past and when old flame Martine (played by Saffron Burrows) gets in touch with him with details of a bank that will be unalarmed she convinces him ... more
I'd do the job with Jason anytime! (The Bank Job (Blu-ray)) kellylouj
Name: kellylouj Product: The Bank Job (Blu-ray) Date: 15/11/08 (32 review reads) Rating:
Advantages: Great plotline, great acting, great set
Disadvantages: Lack of other decent characters
Going through our DVD rental list I noticed this film was listed as available but we had it further down, so I decided to put it to the top as I quite fancied watching something other than a horror or a comedy.
The Bank Job was released earlier this year and ever since I saw it advertised I have wanted to watch it.
The film is based on the 1971 true story of the Baker Street robbery, Terry Leather (played by Jason Statham) is a London Car Dealer with a pretty colourful past and when old flame Martine (played by Saffron Burrows) gets in touch with him with details of a bank that will be unalarmed she convinces him to take on the biggest bank job of the century.
Terry is in debt and when he received the latest visit from 2 debt collectors who smash up several of his vehicles during the visit, Terry realises that he cannot pass up this chance of earning enough money to start a new life for his wife and two daughters. Terry gathers a group of friends who he can trust to help get this job get done and after hiring out a shop next door but one to the bank they plan to rob the work begins as they plot to gain entry from underneath the banks floor.
Martine however is keeping a secret from Terry, this is that she was arrested with heroine when she returned back into Britain the only way that she can avoid jail is to convince Terry to take on this bank job so that she can get her hands on one particular safety deposit box which is contained within the bank's vault, a box that MI5 need to obtain due to its contents and the comprimising situation that the Royal Family could be in if it ever got into public circulation.
The film mainly revolves around the characters gaining access to the bank and the consequences that occur thereafter.
I found the film extremely tense in places and was definately and entertaining thriller from start to finish. Jason Statham was expertly cast as petty criminal Terry Leather and plays the role superbly.
The main plot of the storyline is not the actual bank job but what occurs afterwards and again the tension builds and builds to provide a great ending. The fact that this is based on a true story makes it all the more interesting and a trip down memory lane to the 70's is great that a modern day film is not remade in this era and is based back in the day that it originally occurred.
Many of the other characters in the film are not all that memorable, but to be honest the star of the film was only ever going to be Jason Statham.
The film also have some great comedy moments that will make you chuckle like when they are preparing to break into the bank's vault and one of the team orders some take-away from next door even though they are supposed to be keeping a low profile!
It's hard to know what to expect from this film and you cannot guess what is going to happen next and this adds to the suspense in the film as to whether they get caught breaking into the bank or not, or whether they manage to pull off the bank job.
As usual blu-ray makes the images more sharp and a much clearer picture and with surround sound I would much prefer to rent a blu-ray dvd and play at home with my own surround sound than share the film with others.
This film would definately appeal to a wide genre and is definately worth adding to a rental list.
Contains very strong language, and strong sex and violence
Video Category
Feature Film
Country Of Origin
United Kingdom
Release details
DVD Region
Blu-ray
Studio(s)
LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES; ELEVATION SALES
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Professional reviews
Review
A brilliantly exciting untold story (Front Magazine, 29/02/2008)
DVD Description
In this heist film starring Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER), the mystery doesn't revolve around the robbery itself. Instead, when the thieves steal the contents of safe deposit boxes at a London bank, they uncover evidence of deceit and crime that reach all the way to the crown.
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