- Film Review
- Reviewed By Dave Aldridge
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3 out of 5
Director Roger Donaldson (The World's Fastest Indian, Dante's Peak) goes for something different from his previous output here, with this good, old-fashioned British heist movie set in the early 1970s. Jason Statham plays the leader of a ragtag bunch of crooks who's persuaded by a former flame (Saffron Burrows) to break into the safety-deposit boxes of a Baker Street bank. But murky forces are afoot. Unbeknown to Statham and company, one of the boxes contains a right royal secret and the shadier elements of Britain's security forces will stop at nothing to ensure that it stays secret. Despite claims that it is founded in fact, The Bank Job is fancifully plotted and quite preposterous, but with a fast-moving script from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it still manages to be entertaining, engaging and the sort of Swinging Sixties-style caper film that they don't really make anymore.
Plot Summary
Heist thriller based on a true story, starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. In 1970s London, Terry Leather, a car dealer with a dubious past, is approached by his glamorous former girlfriend Martine. She has a plan to steal safe deposit boxes from a top bank, and needs his help to organise the robbery. But the boxes contain more than just valuables, and Terry discovers that several dangerous individuals also want to get hold of them.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Terry Leather
- Jason Statham
- Martine Love
- Saffron Burrows
- Kevin Swain
- Stephen Campbell Moore
- Dave Shilling
- Daniel Mays
- Guy Singer
- James Faulkner
- Bambas
- Alki David
- Eddie Burton
- Michael Jibson
- Lew Vogel
- David Suchet
- Wendy Leather
- Keeley Hawes
- Nick Barton
- Craig Fairbrass
- Hakim Jamal
- Colin Salmon
- Miles Urquhart
- Peter Bowles
- Michael X
- Peter De Jersey
- Ingrid Burton
- Georgia Taylor
- Tim Everett
- Richard Lintern
- Gale Benson
- Hattie Morahan
- Lord Drysdale
- Rupert Frazer
- Detective Sergeant Roy Given
- Gerard Horan
- Sonia Bern
- Sharon Maughan
Crew
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
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