The Bank Job is about an amateur crew lead by Terry Leather and Martine Love pulling of a bank heist in London in the 1970s, targeting safety deposit boxes loaded with cash and jewelry, as well as scandalous photos that the government wants back in their possession and other secrets that law enforcement officials rather kept locked up.
The Bank Job is a smart, clever and very gritty heist movie. The plan is rather basic, unlike the scheming involved with the
Ocean's movies and
The Italian Job, but considering half the movie is the fallout from the heist it's probably better worked that way. Jason Statham is terrific as his down on his luck bloke, seeking a better life for his family. Saffron Burrows also does an excellent job of giving Martine Love additional layers beyond sexy-other-woman planning the heist. The story, whether it's based on real life events or not, offers a complex, but never too complicated, plot fine acting, with small doses of action and humor. It's a small movie so those expecting giant thrills, loads of laughs, or memorable action sequences may be disappointed, but the film's twists, realism and old-fashioned romp should suffice most audiences looking for a smart, adult movie.
B
As for the
trailer... it sets up the reason for the heist and quickly introduces the unlikely crew, but then goes on to show them in the bank and seemingly getting away with it. In the last 30 seconds of the trailer there are many flashes of scenes that appear near the end of the movie, including the climactic confrontation. Some surprises aren't ruined, but the basic plot of the movie is laid out. In all it probably
spoils about 50% of the movie.
The Bank Job is about an amateur crew lead by Terry Leather and Martine Love pulling of a bank heist in London in the 1970s, targeting safety deposit boxes loaded with cash and jewelry, as well as scandalous photos that the government wants back in their possession and other secrets that law enforcement officials rather kept locked up.
The Bank Job is a smart, clever and very gritty heist movie. The plan is rather basic, unlike the scheming involved with the Ocean's movies and The Italian Job, but considering half the movie is the fallout from the heist it's probably better worked that way. Jason Statham is terrific as his down on his luck bloke, seeking a better life for his family. Saffron Burrows also does an excellent job of giving Martine Love additional layers beyond sexy-other-woman planning the heist. The story, whether it's based on real life events or not, offers a complex, but never too complicated, plot fine acting, with small doses of action and humor. It's a small movie so those expecting giant thrills, loads of laughs, or memorable action sequences may be disappointed, but the film's twists, realism and old-fashioned romp should suffice most audiences looking for a smart, adult movie. B
As for the trailer... it sets up the reason for the heist and quickly introduces the unlikely crew, but then goes on to show them in the bank and seemingly getting away with it. In the last 30 seconds of the trailer there are many flashes of scenes that appear near the end of the movie, including the climactic confrontation. Some surprises aren't ruined, but the basic plot of the movie is laid out. In all it probably spoils about 50% of the movie.
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