Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Bank Job

A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself...the true story of a heist gone wrong...in all the right ways.

Trailer

Starring:
Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster

Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, violence and language
Yahoo! Critics: B-
My Rating: &&&
The movie starts off slow, at least it gives me subtle time to know the character better first. Great cast, solid performances and good plot, well ... it's a freaking true story so it better be percise! I need to rely on the subtitle due to the British accent and usage of terms and jargons (sorry but I was totally lost without it :p) . All and all, it was a good movie. Feels like Ocean Eleven but with a twist.

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