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The Bank Job (2008) 7.3
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Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 181 user | 215 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She 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. Director:Roger Donaldson |
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Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 March 2008 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,935,256 (USA) (7 March 2008)Gross:
$30,028,592 (USA) (30 May 2008)Company Credits
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Eddie Burton: [while drilling a mileage meter back] Another Terry Leather low mileage here.
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Written by Berry Gordy (as Gordy) / Janie Bradford (as Bradford)
Performed by The Storys
Published by EMI Entertainment World / J. Albert & Son
Licensed courtesy of J. Albert & Son Pty Limited
(p) 2007 Hall Recordings
Courtesy of Hall Recordings
John Waller Management
www.thestorys.co.uk
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Roger Donaldson said one of the most difficult days of filming was when he filmed the brothel scene. The scene called for the women to be walking around wearing only garters. However, Donaldson said that when he went to film the scene he discovered that most of the women shaved their genitals, which would have been anachronistic for 1971. So the actresses had to wear pubic wigs called "merkins." This caused a problem because the merkins were hard to secure in place and kept slipping, causing Donaldson much aggravation. See more »Goofs
While at the cocktail party Anthony Johnson's Gunshot is playing in the background, this song didn't exist until 1981. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Eddie Burton: [while drilling a mileage meter back] Another Terry Leather low mileage here.
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Disclaimer: "The names of many people identified in this film have been changed to protect the guilty." See more »Soundtracks
Money (That's What I Want)Written by Berry Gordy (as Gordy) / Janie Bradford (as Bradford)
Performed by The Storys
Published by EMI Entertainment World / J. Albert & Son
Licensed courtesy of J. Albert & Son Pty Limited
(p) 2007 Hall Recordings
Courtesy of Hall Recordings
John Waller Management
www.thestorys.co.uk
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As caper flicks go, all I really hope for is something that succeeds in being both novel and entertaining. My hopes were satisfied by The Bank Job. The plot itself is based very loosely on events that occurred in the 1970s in London. The royal family has some dark secrets. An outspoken activist/petty criminal/drug importer has evidence of these secrets, which he uses as leverage against the government who desperately wants to prosecute him. This evidence is stored in a safety deposit box within a London bank. British Intelligence conjures up a rather reckless plan of employing a bunch of two-bit/amateur criminals to break into the vault, and take the evidence along with whatever else they can carry out. Apart from one intermediary, none of the robbers know the government's secret agenda. Of course, things get complicated whenever the possibility that a bunch of dirty secrets are in the wrong hands, and eventually the movie juggles several interconnecting plot lines, all related to the contents of the vault and their implication on various interests from the royal family, to corrupt police, to the sexual indiscretions of parliament members.
The movie keeps a good pace and never takes itself too seriously. It builds up the plot lines and tries somewhat successfully to tie everything together. There is some good tension, a bit of violence (not much), and eventually, vindication for most of the parties.
The problems with the movie are numerous, but nothing that ultimately destroys the fun. Yes the movie is rife with inexplicably, unnecessary side characters (see female undercover agent in the Caribbean). Yes the movie's dialogue veers into indecipherable 1970s British slang, which gives a comedic undertone to conversations that are intended to be serious. Yes there exist rampant plot issues that make you wonder how stupid cops really are. And yes the acting is OK, at best, lets face it Jason Stracham is meant for British caper movies the way Keanu Reeves is meant to play a clueless surfer cop in Point Break - so while he's not winning any Academies, he fits these rolls just fine.
You could wait for the DVD, or if you are looking for a fun way to kill 2 hours, you should go to the theater for this one.