The Bank Job

The gritty heist picture The Bank Job has everything adult action fans could want, starting with a grand, fact-inspired gimmick.

A brisk, entertaining crime thriller.

Based more on rumor and supposition than fact. It's a highly entertaining set of hypotheses.

The film dawdles at times. but for the most part Donaldson keeps just the right amount of tension present in each scene.

The actual robbery that the picture is based on is shrouded in mystery, and the screenwriters, Dick Clement and Ian La Fresnais, have engaged in a fair amount of entertaining invention.

The workmanlike title The Bank Job is a nice fit for this wham-bam caper flick.

The movie doesn't hang together as a thriller, and the characters don't hang together as interesting people.

This movie based on a real story is well directed, silent, fast paced, suspense thriller. I watch it again and again and never get bored. Very entertaining!!!

Sincerely loved this movie... & was insane... it's truly scary to think this is all based on true events.

The mechanical precision of a historical heist: A 3.0-star "stagnant" drift through London’s underworld.2008 (3.0)I watched "The Bank Job" in the theater in 2008, and it remains a functional 3.0-star entry in my archive—a film that captures a "raw" and "pathetic" reality of 1970s London without ever achieving a "sensational" narrative peak. This theatrical experience provided a visceral "revelation" of a true-to-life conspiracy, **** the fourth wall of typical polished heist movies with its gritty and unglamorous atmosphere. While the "vivid" tension of the tunnel digging offered a "chewy" and rhythmic sense of suspense, the overall narrative rhythm felt somewhat "stagnant" compared to the high-tension fury of my 5.0-star pillars. The 95% preservation of my memory is centered on the "raw" vulnerability of the amateur thieves caught in a high-stakes political web, highlighting the "pathetic" desperation of individuals used as pawns by the establishment. Unlike the "1.0-star traumas" of my 2008 record, such as "Never Back Down," this movie offered a sense of "silent satisfaction" through its steady execution and historical intrigue. However, it lacked the "vivid" emotional payoff or the "sensational" rhythmic spark needed to leave a permanent, transformative scar on my soul. It stands in my record as a solid, high-tension period piece—a "vivid" but ultimately surface-level encounter that was 100% professional yet lacked the "raw" rebellious soul of a true masterpiece.

Decent Jason Statham film with good acting and a fairly entertaining story.

The Bank Job is a well made, well acted bank heist thriller. It interweaves all of the facets of the real life heist and the rocks it turned over very well and that made this one quite a compelling watch. However, the main positive in this one is the fact that it's based on a true story. Without it, a lot of this one would have been far less compelling to watch unfold. The whole heist and everything surrounding it was quite thrilling and, as I said, it was well directed and well acted, however, the non-heist portions and non-controversial parts, kind of fell flat. The amount of webs it weaves is entirely worth watching this one though, because it does quite well. It introduces many scenarios that could overwhelm, yet finds a way to keep its wits about it and not overwhelm its viewers. Overall, The Bank Job is an average bank heist thriller that thrives due to the fact it's based on a true story and it manages to take all of the portions of that truth and add them together nicely.