The Bank Job
Cast
Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen
Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays


Director
Roger Donaldson


Premise
A guy is hired to do a bank job, unknowingly,
by the British government itself.
"Hey, I'm bored. Let's make out."
Rating: Below
The Bank Job is a heist movie that wants to be special, but is right in the middle
quality wise. A lot of the caper stuff is entertaining to watch, but you've seen it before.
Sometimes it seems clever, then a character does something so stupid it snaps you
back into reality. This was based on a true story about the most successful bank
robbery in England last century but it comes across as simple routine. Oh, and there
is this whole subplot with secret agent women and the porn industry with some cliched
Malcom X type drug dealing guy...I don't know. It seemed stupid at the time and
looking back on it now it was definitely moronic. The opening credits include 5 women
of many races having sex with one guy in some weird orgy and then the words scroll
up, "The Bank Job!". By the end you just want all the subplots among subplots to end.

Plot/Originality - 40
Acting/Characters - 53
Dialouge/Screenplay - 35
Effects/Camerawork - 60