One of the best movies I have ever seen, Jason Statham is in his element, displaying some of the best acting I have seen from him, with great supporting actors.
Was pleasantly surprised with this one. Cool to see Michael X in a film like this, he was an interesting character and gets overlooked a lot. Not sure how much I trust the marketing of the film, what with the whole gag order thing, but it's the UK so who knows. All around good period heist film that I haven't seen mentioned enough.
It starts pretty slow but it builds up as it goes with nice plot and story. a very good heist movie
The Bank Job is a stylish and exciting heist thriller that delivers a thrilling and visually captivating experience. While it may take some liberties with historical accuracy and occasionally suffers from pacing issues, the film's compelling mystery, strong performances, and high-octane action sequences make it an entertaining and enjoyable watch.
"It's kind of scary, actually. If that news could disappear, so could we."
It has been awhile since I had seen the Bank Job but I came across it scrolling through HBO Max and it was about time to rewatch this one.
The Bank Job is still a enjoyable "heist" movie with a decent story and a strong Jason Statham. Not much action here but the Stat pulls it off. We do get a nice leg sweep though! The Bank Job is partly a Heist movie because the movie isn't all the way about the Heist. The last 40 minutes is more about how to we get out of this awful job we were pulled in by Martine Love (Saffron Burrows) which concerns certain photographs and a ledger from a porn king.
The Bank Job does have that nice 70s feel and never bores you. The story is predictable but in a good way. Again I had a really good time with it and I think it will never bore me.
This movie managed to keep my interest throughout its entire duration. Absolutely brilliant!
An honest opinion on this movie, it is really good and interesting, but the reason I do not think it is great is because of the pacing........as usual Statham (Terry Leather) is great as he plays the role of the rough and tough British gentlemen perfectly and for sure it is one of his best performances as he is playing to his strengths and also the supporting cast is pretty good.
The true story of this bank robbery has always been interesting to me and I saw this film years ago and didn't think much of it, but watching it now it has some really interesting moments and it does show the secrets a lot of politicians, celebrities and royals never wanted anyone to find out about and to this day we still do not know the full extent of this robbery, also the actual heist bit is 10/10 and it has a lot of those great moments.
But I promise you the issue with this film is the pacing, it gets interesting and then gets boring in parts but does pick back up. My verdict is to give it a watch and get ready for a pretty interesting film that is a little rough around the edges, also don't expect the usual Jason Statham action film, which in my opinion is the reason a lot of people like this film including myself.
The Bank Job is a British crime drama that's based on the true story of the infamous Baker Street Robbery. A team of criminals are manipulated by MI5 to rob a bank's safety deposit boxes in order to have them unwittingly retrieve illicit photos of a British Royal, but when it's discovered what they've stolen the team becomes the target of several powerful politicians and gangsters. Starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows, the film has an interesting cast that handles the material fairly well. However, the writing is rather poor and doesn't really develop the characters or add that much tension to the plot. In a lot of ways The Bank Job is a typical heist film, but it still kind of works as an entertaining piece of historical fiction.
The Bank Job börjar inte speciellt lovande: den röriga starten introducerar en skara nya karaktärer och miljöer i snabbt takt i scener som känns lösryckta från varandra. Inslängda i denna mix finns även korta utfyllnadsscener sim endast får det att snurra till i huvudet och inte passar in i helheten. Sedan tillkommer den irriterande hektiska musiken, som lever i en världs av konstant fart och spänning även i scener där det inte skulle behövas.
Och det är just dessa lugnare scener som är filmens svagaste länk. De mera spänningsfyllda momenten är filmens största styrka. Själva bankrånet och de efterföljande svårigheterna är utförligt och väl gjorda. I dessa scener får såväl Jason Statham som den legendariske Poirot-stjärnan David Suchet skina. Däremot försöker filmen etablera men kärlekshistoria mellan huvudpersonerna utan att någonsin följa upp det och kemin mellan Statham och Saffron Burrows är inte speciellt påtaglig. Dessutom är Peter de Jerseys Michael X både irriterande och totalt onödig, trots att han målas som filmens största bov.
Slutresultatet är en något ojämn kriminalfilm, som fungerar bäst under just de kriminella ögonblicken och inte så bra när det kommer till det övriga. När filmen dessutom saknar en ordentlig klimax i slutet lämnar eftertexterna en sur smak i minnen.
Well done. Jason Statham does some great acting (not much action for him, more just his acting). And Saffron - just wow. A great cast. Although seeing David Suchet as a bad guy (kind of) is interesting....
Boring as all hell. Boring as all hell. Boring as all hell. Boring as all hell. Boring as all hell.
Stupid website wouldn't let me say it once. I guess it's worth saying several times over.
Shout by Horror future #7BlockedParent2018-08-06T08:50:10Z
I liked it a lot statham did great job in this one 7.6/10