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A cheerful, energetic, and completely entertaining movie, The Bank Job follows some small-time hoods who think they've lucked into a big-time opportunity when they learn a bank's security system will be temporarily suspended--little suspecting that they're being manipulated by government agents for their own ends. The result is that the movie doubles its pleasures: While the robbery itself has the usual suspense of a heist film, when the robbery is over the hoods find themselves being hunted by the police, the government, and brutal criminal kingpins who were storing dangerous information in a safety deposit box. The Bank Job won't win any awards, but it's enormously fun. Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) propels the action along with vigor, editing zippily with perfect clarity among multiple storylines and various colorful characters. Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter), as the leader of the bank robbers, successfully steps away from his usual bone-crunching roles to a more human presence. The rest of the cast--including Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea), Keeley Hawes (Tipping the Velvet), David Suchet (Poirot), and many faces familiar from British film and television--give their characters the right degree of personality and flavor without getting fussy or detracting from the headlong rush of the story. A little sex, a lot of action, a sly sense of humor, and a twisty plot; if more movies had these basic pleasures, the world would be a happier place. --Bret Fetzer
Stills from Bank Job (click for larger image)
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A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals Terry (Statham) finds himself deep into this real-life heist and quite suddenly the target of ruthless mobsters the police government officials at the highest level and even the royal family.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 031398236108 Manufacturer No: 23610
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Not a bad movie, Jason Statham makes the movie
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A pretty good movie with some decent acting. Saffron plays a straight laced British lady with a double (or is it triple) side. It's amazing that the story is even true. Regardless, definitely worth a see.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-10-05
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Good buy.
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This movie was a blind buy for me. It is a really good movie that is well written and has excellent pacing. Everybody puts in a good performance, and since it is based off of actual events it is not over the top like Statham flicks have been as of late. Very well done.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-10-01
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Tha Bank Job, terrific movie
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The Bank Job
Wonderful movie, still on at the box office in New Zealand when received. True to the description of suspense, intrigue and a true story.
Very well directed and a great cast.
Great service from Amazon, here within 7 days and at a very reasonable cost.
Well done Amazon
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-09-30
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Great movie to watch.....
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I like to keep it simple. This movie was good. Not a waste of money.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-09-25
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The thieves know the least
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I like Jason Statham. Not all of his movies are great choices for him but this movie was a surprise. It was so good and didn't get a lot of press. It is based on a true story that was kept quiet for many years. It's a British bank heist where most of the thieves knew little of what was actually the objective. I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Just see it.
Rating:
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-09-23
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