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The Bank Job

Play trailer 1:56 Poster for The Bank Job R Released Mar 7, 2008 1h 51m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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Self-reformed petty criminal Terry Leather (Jason Statham) has become a financially struggling car dealer and settled into a pedestrian London life with his wife and kids, but takes the plunge into big crime when his ex-girlfriend, Martine (Saffron Burrows), turns up with an offer to pull off a lucrative bank heist. After Terry assembles his crew of misfits and begins the operation, he finds that there are other agendas at play, and powerful players who have designs on the vault's contents.
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Well cast and crisply directed, The Bank Job is a thoroughly entertaining British heist thriller.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com The first half is particularly strong, and while none of the pre-heist team building or preparations are anything we haven't seen many times before these scenes are handled with such dynamic virtuosity they almost feel original and new. Rated: 3/4 Mar 8, 2008 Full Review Wesley Morris Boston Globe It's something new for heist pictures: a movie that can't even rip off its predecessor with any panache. Rated: 2/4 Mar 7, 2008 Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor The Bank Job is nothing more than an efficient time-killer with the added bonus of being based on a real misadventure. But, unlike its benighted cast of characters, it gets the job done without a hitch. Rated: B Mar 7, 2008 Full Review Sinead Corcoran The Post NZ All in all, this is a job well done. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 2, 2021 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...it's difficult, for the most part, not to get drawn into the progressively over-the-top twists and turns contained within. Rated: 3/4 Feb 13, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins A fascinating look at criminals, their equally corrupt counterparts on the opposite side of the law, and many a gray-area hoodlum. Rated: 8/10 Nov 28, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Calvin T It's great.......it's just the English accents that make a few things hard to understand Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/25 Full Review Gareth v A smart, suspenseful, and grounded heist film that combines thrills with intrigue, standing out as one of Statham’s best. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/21/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Andy B It's convoluted, grubby and gritty, and the director is overly fond of his Dutch angles. For all that though, a more intelligent and mature thriller than most Statham fare and certainly one of his better films. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Audience Member Plots ans acting werent that good. Looking on my watch... shot of a clock... train drives off.. tense music.. and there from around the corner the guy comes. But still fun. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review Giorgio G For years I had been under the illusion that I had seen this flick, but I must have actually missed it back then as I now finally realized. I guess it must have been released while we were on our 4 month trip through Europe in 2008. Anyway I quite enjoyed it, eventually tonight. I do like the occasional bank heist movie, though always reminding myself that they are fictional. When it comes to real ones I get rather upset as in the end the customers will have to cover the damage with higher fees in the future, if not for their bank, but their insurance company. Thus I should actually really despise this movie as it's based on a real robbery in 1971. But as one result of it was the exposure of corrupt policemen and politicians, and many of the safety deposit boxes owners refusing to explain the contents, thus showing that they were hiding dirty wealthes as well, the final outcome was a delight for society as a whole, and me. The director of the movie could have been better, I'd say, but all in all it's quite a decent flick, well worth spending those nearly 2 hours on it. 7/10 points Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Roger Donaldson

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Jason Statham

Terry

Saffron Burrows

Martine Love

Richard Lintern

Tim Everett

Stephen Campbell Moore

Kevin Swain

Daniel Mays

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Synopsis Self-reformed petty criminal Terry Leather (Jason Statham) has become a financially struggling car dealer and settled into a pedestrian London life with his wife and kids, but takes the plunge into big crime when his ex-girlfriend, Martine (Saffron Burrows), turns up with an offer to pull off a lucrative bank heist. After Terry assembles his crew of misfits and begins the operation, he finds that there are other agendas at play, and powerful players who have designs on the vault's contents.
Director
Roger Donaldson
Producer
Steve Chasman, Charles Roven
Screenwriter
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Mosaic Media Group
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 7, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.0M
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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