World Famous Comics: The Bank Job (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
The Bank Job (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Starring: Jason Statham, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel T. Mays, James Faulkner, Saffron Burrows Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Lionsgate Home Entertainment Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 15, 2008 Running Time: 110 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 2008
Product Description: 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: 031398236092 Manufacturer No: 23609
Amazon.com: 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
A Good 'Job' but Lacking Narrative Cohesion A well paced flick with plenty of tense moments and a preponderance of twists, The Bank Job makes for a decent movie experience.
However, the pacing and twisting can't conceal that the film suffers from a lack of focus, both in narrative and theme. I felt Bank Job couldn't decide whether to be a light-hearted caper like 'Snatch' or a gritty crime drama like 'The Departed'. It attempts to be both and fails to be truly excellent at either.
The cast of characters grows quite quickly, and we don't have enough time to care about all of them as much as the film needs us to. The central love affair is also lacking. There are many such loose threads in Bank Job which show promise but are watered down and create nothing more than disorder.
A promising film that entertains but is ultimately forgettable. The special edition has some deleted scenes as extras, but they don't flesh out the movie. Standard DVD includes wide and full screen formats.
Grim and gritty Not the usual caper movie. And that's good. Truth is stranger than fiction. The entertainment comes as the dumb threaten the arrogant. The evil punish the careless. And the quick outwit the establishment. A marriage survives. And the details are still out there.
Bank Job I basically bought the movie because of Jason Statham, and I wasn't disappointed. It is a good movie about a couple of misfits are robbing a bank. What I like about the flick is, the setting and the characters portrayed in this film. On top, it has this typical British feeling to it, what makes most movies from the island somehow special. Snatch (Widescreen Edition)
Like The Italian Job Flat out funny and smart film. To say anything would spoil the film. The film never stops with the actions and moments that make you snicker.
Disc 2 is the digital copy, compatible with Windows Media and iTunes. The bonus features on Disc 1 were pretty nice, going into the heist.
If you liked The Italian Job (old or new), get this film. If you like the Bond films, get this film.
Not a bad movie, Jason Statham makes the movie 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.
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