I did a search but didn't find anything about this one. Anyone else excited about it? Right now it's sitting on 8.2 at IMDB and 80% at RT. How great is the poster for it?
looking forward to this.. have always enjoyed everything statham has been in
GoldenJCJ
03-03-08, 08:53 PM
The trailer doesn't do much for me. I'll hold out for reviews but at the very least I'll give it a rental. Statham is at the very least entertaining in his movies.
So, among Statham's filmography are: The Italian Job, The Brazilian Job, and The Bank Job. Can't wait to see The Hand Job and its sequel The Blow Job...
Superman07
03-03-08, 08:59 PM
Looks good! Thanks for the headsup - I hadn't heard anything about this yet.
fumanstan
03-03-08, 09:01 PM
I was going to make this thread the other day after watching the trailer on Yahoo. It looks fun to me.
I saw this last week and it was pretty good. Don't go by the trailer which makes it look like any of his other movies. this is more of a drama bank heist gone wrong. The heist is the catalyst for some political/organize crime intrigue due to what they get from the bank. It takes place in the 70s England. It also seems to be based on a real story. Overall I was surprised with it in a good way.
fumanstan
03-04-08, 11:53 AM
I saw this last week and it was pretty good. Don't go by the trailer which makes it look like any of his other movies. this is more of a drama bank heist gone wrong. The heist is the catalyst for some political/organize crime intrigue due to what they get from the bank. It takes place in the 70s England. It also seems to be based on a real story. Overall I was surprised with it in a good way.
Is it more serious then what's in the trailer? The trailer makes it feel like there's a good amount of humor.
Jaymole
03-04-08, 12:32 PM
It's been getting very good reviews so far, I might go and check this out.
Cellar Door
03-04-08, 01:17 PM
I am in love with Saffron Burrows, so I will definitely be checking this out.
Michael Corvin
03-04-08, 01:52 PM
It takes place in the 70s England.
Ahhh... that explains the retro looking poster.
B.A.
03-04-08, 03:34 PM
I read a good review over the weekend that piqued my interest.
Artman
03-04-08, 04:03 PM
Could we actually have a good Statham movie here? I haven't liked anything he's done since Transporter...
edit: scratch that, I did like his supporting roles in Italian Job and Cellular.
GoldenJCJ
03-04-08, 04:18 PM
Could we actually have a good Statham movie here? I haven't liked anything he's done since Transporter...
I personally like him best as a supporting character. In an odd way I think he has a larger screen presence when he's not starring in the movie.
BuddhaWake
03-04-08, 05:09 PM
Is it more serious then what's in the trailer? The trailer makes it feel like there's a good amount of humor.
no its a serious film. the trailer doesn't do justice to the film at all. you get a little humor because the guys pulling the heist have been friends since childhood so there is good camaraderie.
BuddhaWake
03-04-08, 05:11 PM
Ahhh... that explains the retro looking poster.
the poster is great. makes it seem like one of these italian 70s police actioners. when i went to the screening the pass was a postcard/lobby card of the poster and I couldn't comprehend why they would do it that way so you would have to give it back.
alfredog1976
03-04-08, 06:09 PM
At first I thought this was the sequel to "The Italian Job" :lol:
Looks good I'll probably check it out. Got 2 big Thumbs Up from Roeper and Michael Phillips.
Robert
03-04-08, 08:34 PM
"I haven't had this much fun since the war!"
:lol: Great line.
dpz301
03-07-08, 07:21 PM
saw it at an early showing today. enjoyed it a bunch. thought statham was excellent in the movie and the supporting cast also did a good job. really looked like the '70s too. saffron also looked gorgeous, but what would you expect? :up:
mdc3000
03-07-08, 08:04 PM
Awesome movie that really has a 70's feel. good performances, strong direction and decent writing...well worth seeing and certainly better than some of the shit movies out right now. 4/5
Finisher
03-08-08, 04:43 AM
Solid flick. Saffron Burrows is distractingly attractive here. Interesting that Donaldson used Michael Coulter, who usually shoots romantic comedies, as his dp. As a result, The Bank Job doesn't feel or look like most generic action pics; there's a bit more depth here and the aftermath of the heist is rather suspenseful.
The Cow
03-08-08, 04:53 AM
I liked it, the casting was spot on, humor (some) and action was mixed well. The heist was very well done.
Giles
03-08-08, 10:21 AM
I liked it, the casting was spot on, humor (some) and action was mixed well. The heist was very well done.
I agree, I thought it was a rivetting film.
BuddhaWake
03-08-08, 04:14 PM
glad to see I'm not the only one that enjoyed it
Mercury&Solace
03-08-08, 04:20 PM
If the movie is as good as the poster is I am in :rock:
Geofferson
03-08-08, 04:31 PM
^ Same here -- love the one-sheet for this.
mndtrp
03-08-08, 08:58 PM
Looked like a fun movie, and I'm a fan of Statham. It's good to hear that he's not the only thing worth watching in a movie.
Patman
03-08-08, 09:39 PM
This was a very entertaining film from the get-go, and it simmers quite steadily, and maintains most of the tension throughout to the final act in a very satisfying conclusion. Even to the last bit of details as the film concludes with a few screens of text telling the viewer what happened to the characters later, the sense of irony on display is very funny. The casting was uniformily good and solid, Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows being the more recognizable of the cast as the story is about a bank heist in London in the early 1970s.
There is a charm and wit to the screenplay, but it never overwhelms the bank job storyline, nor undercuts the consequences as getting into the bank vault, which proves to be much easier than extricating the gang from further trouble from many fronts after the deed is done. Director Roger Donaldson (who directed that fine thriller "No Way Out" over 20 years ago, and many other films of note in between) has a steady and assured hand in the direction of the film. My audience was in tune with the film's cheeky's humor (laughing at all the right spots), and yet felt aghast when the film turns a bit dark in the final act), but had a fine time overall.
I give it 3.5 stars, or a grade of B+.
Peep
03-09-08, 04:05 AM
I was underwhelmed.
Cellar Door
03-09-08, 02:13 PM
I enjoyed it a lot! It's not typical of recent heist movies in that there's no twist or clever gimmick involved in the bank robbery (other than discovering the old crypt). The robbery itself is straightforward and transparent, and when the crew finds itself between a rock and a hard place afterward, their way out is also pretty clear and obvious. Those looking for sudden turns in the plot will be disappointed, but I liked that it's all pretty direct. Jason Statham is great in a more understated, nuanced role than his usual one-dimensional tough guy character. He is very believable as a dedicated family man who makes some bad choices. Saffron Burrows is absolutely beautiful and confident in her part, but I wish they had made her role a little meatier by introducing more conflict for her. The rest of the cast is really good--particularly the main policemen and the primary villains. The 70's setting is well done, not in-y0ur-face at all. Just a solid, well-made movie.
Daytripper
03-09-08, 03:15 PM
It's not a fun movie at all. It's quite serious. And extremely well done. Just gets better and better as it goes along. Was really surprised. 9/10
LordofWar
03-10-08, 11:53 AM
I expected just another movie. Nothing speacial. It was actually really good. Props to stathem(?) for a good job.
Superman07
03-10-08, 01:08 PM
You're making me want to go this weekend!! :)
fernsita
03-10-08, 03:19 PM
I love Jason Stratman so I will probably go see this movie. It looks good and I love him The Italian Job and Snatch. I always love movies like this b/c it's always nice to see how they pull these jobs off. Looks good, we see it when it comes out!
greg9x
03-11-08, 07:59 PM
Went to see this after hearing all the flack 10,000 B.C. was getting.... happy we did. Kind of expected something more outrageous with Strathem (thinking about Transporter series) but was glad it was a more grounded film and he did really well in his part. Enjoyed all the characters and felt bad for the outcomes of some of them.
Sorry to see it didn't do so well, hope it will get some word of mouth next few weeks.
woofman
03-12-08, 12:44 PM
I was expecting more ass-kicking action, but once I got over that I really enjoyed it. The previews are a little misleading, it is more of a serious movie, but in a good way.
macnorton
03-12-08, 02:51 PM
I was expecting more ass-kicking action, but once I got over that I really enjoyed it. The previews are a little misleading, it is more of a serious movie, but in a good way.
I was thinking that too. But this was very good...although the ending was tame. 9 out of 10
JimRochester
03-16-08, 03:33 PM
Is it more serious then what's in the trailer? The trailer makes it feel like there's a good amount of humor.
Just got back from this movie. If you go by the trailer it's a light hearted heist film. It actually turns pretty dark and violent after the heist. Torture, murder, double-cross, intrigue is all there. Well done with a good cast. I give it a solid B+ for entertainment value.
My one complaint; those think British accents can be just as tough to understand at times as a foreign language.
B.A.
03-21-08, 10:28 AM
Well, fuck me - this is gone from my local theater after only two weeks. I was hoping to catch it this weekend. I'm not even going to to get into what films have been there for weeks on end, yet they dump this after two!?!
d2cheer
03-21-08, 11:49 AM
Just got back from this movie. If you go by the trailer it's a light hearted heist film. It actually turns pretty dark and violent after the heist. Torture, murder, double-cross, intrigue is all there. Well done with a good cast. I give it a solid B+ for entertainment value.
My one complaint; those think British accents can be just as tough to understand at times as a foreign language.
I know what you mean I always have to have the subtitles on for films with accents. I really have trouble with them... unfortunately I may have to wait for DVD now. I was going to see this this weekend.
asianxcore
03-23-08, 11:17 PM
Saw this over the weekend.
Really liked it. I agree with all the people who said it wasn't overwhelming.
Could've easily gone over the top with the robbery or the ending, but it kept at a decent pace.
Sweet Baby James
03-24-08, 12:30 PM
Hercule Poirot was great as the Porn King!:)
The Bus
03-31-08, 01:08 AM
Finally got a chance to see this. I thought it was a very well made, solid movie. There's no standout "must see" scenes but there's also not a lot of stuff hampering it. The movie makes the most of its 110 minutes, as (minor spoiler)
the actual "heist" happens roughly halfway through the film
I'd recommend it. The movie doesn't have a ton of depth (you can't compare it to, say, Eastern Promises or The Lookout) but it's well-made (like the former) and more entertaining than the latter.
BadlyDrawnBoy
03-31-08, 12:17 PM
Saw this too this past weekend, really enjoyed it, and agree with sweet baby james, david suchet was perfect as the porn king. I really liked how they set the film, and the pace.
It was an extremely well done 70's film. redone for the 00s and made to look 70s.
uncle-frank
04-02-08, 11:36 PM
great movie, i never heard of it until i read the paper the other day. i was expecting an action flick, but got something different. i wasnt disapointed tho because it ended up being a good movie.
Raul3
09-02-08, 03:00 AM
Again, I didn't know too much from the movie. I was expecting the typical Jason Statham action fare, and I love that kind of stuff. But the movie was really great. Really good story and JS is a good lead here too.
rw2516
10-26-08, 12:39 PM
Curious as to how and when the events in the movie became "unclassified" so to speak. There's one aspect of the movie I wouldn't think officials would ever let out.
AsmodeusVice
10-26-08, 01:10 PM
I knew nothing of this film going into it and was expecting a dumb Vin Diesel-ish type of shoot em up and was pleasantly surprised that it was a more serious and well put together film. It reminded me alot of Stander with it's true story subject matter (of which I didn't know the Bank Job was based on).
sauce07
10-27-08, 11:21 AM
watched it for the fourth time over the weekend and I still think this film will keep growing in popularity as times goes on. Everybody i've shown it to has been very impressed, great story, Statham is good without kicking that much butt.
Daytripper
11-02-08, 10:17 PM
watched it for the fourth time over the weekend and I still think this film will keep growing in popularity as times goes on. Everybody i've shown it to has been very impressed, great story, Statham is good without kicking that much butt.
I agree with you Sauce. I came here to post the very same sentiment. I saw it once in the theater and thought it was Statham's best performance ever. And a great film. Well, I just watched it for the fourth time myself today and this movie just gets better with each viewing. Meaning, I appreciate it more. Most definitely one of 2008's very best films. I cannot recommend this enough for people who are on the fence.
JimRochester
11-03-08, 09:20 AM
I always liked Statham's movies but he really did "act" in this one. In hios Transporter films I always felt he was so stoic so he wouldn't have to have any range before the next fight.
PopcornTreeCt
02-28-09, 02:23 AM
I finally watched this one tonight. Feel the same way about it getting better as the movie went along. I thought it started off borderline parody, like a blaxploitation/austin powers movie but then it got be pretty serious. Statham was good, though you half expect to him to kill everyone around him when cornered so it's kinda hard to believe when he doesn't.
I was pleasantly surprised. Good movie.
Trevor
07-14-09, 02:59 PM
Bump to remind people who bought the 2 disc DVD (and Blu-ray?) that the digital copy must be redeemed by tomorrow.
toddly6666
09-22-09, 11:35 PM
Just saw this movie - pretty good, interesting, and unpredictable! Statham is a good actor. He may act the same in every movie, but he really becomes each character he plays. He doesn't come across as some extremely popular actor that's playing up to audiences (for example, Depp and Streep). This is what I like about Christain Bale as well. Statham and Bale may always play the same characters in every movie, but they really seem part of their movies.
Now, all I have to do is rent Chaos and London, then I've seen most of Statham's films...
Daytripper
09-22-09, 11:53 PM
Just saw this movie - pretty good, interesting, and unpredictable! Statham is a good actor. He may act the same in every movie, but he really becomes each character he plays. He doesn't come across as some extremely popular actor that's playing up to audiences (for example, Depp and Streep). This is what I like about Christain Bale as well. Statham and Bale may always play the same characters in every movie, but they really seem part of their movies.
Now, all I have to do is rent Chaos and London, then I've seen most of Statham's films...
"Chaos" is a pretty good film (6/10). "London", not so much. But Statham is the best thing about it.
Personally, I think Statham is an above average actor who just happens to star in mostly B films. With "The Bank Job" being his best performance and movie. And if you liked that (which I see you did), keep your eye out for his next film after "The Expendables", "Blitz". From the great writer Ken Bruen. Who wrote "London Boulevard" which was just filmed with Colin Farrell, Kiera Knightley and Ray Winstone. But "Blitz" is based on a series of books with the same character so this could be an exciting new franchise for Statham. I hope so anyway. I highly highly recommend you seek out both the books "Blitz" and "London Boulevard". Bruen's books are so entertaining and fast reads. You can't put them down.
Ash Ketchum
09-23-09, 11:16 AM
Based on THE BANK JOB, the two CRANK films, and the first two TRANSPORTER films, Statham is my current favorite movie actor. Give me an action film with him, Megan Fox and Ellen Page and I promise I'll never say another bad word about AVATAR.
Tarantino
09-24-09, 12:51 AM
Ellen Page? :lol:
JimRochester
09-24-09, 08:32 AM
Based on THE BANK JOB, the two CRANK films, and the first two TRANSPORTER films, Statham is my current favorite movie actor. Give me an action film with him, Megan Fox and Ellen Page and I promise I'll never say another bad word about AVATAR.
Ah yes, Ellen Page, that action star. ;)
Ash Ketchum
09-24-09, 11:34 AM
Ah yes, Ellen Page, that action star. ;)
She plays a roller derby star in her latest, WHIP IT, directed by Drew Barrymore. And she does all her own skating. If that ain't action, I don't know what is.
Solid Snake PAC
09-24-09, 11:41 AM
....I wouldn't exactly call it action in the genre sense. She's doing a physical sport sure..but action? I don't think so.
Ash Ketchum
09-24-09, 11:49 AM
....I wouldn't exactly call it action in the genre sense. She's doing a physical sport sure..but action? I don't think so.
My point is...if she can do roller derby then she can train in martial arts to do an action film. Look at any Jackie Chan film from his prime years. He did a whole chase scene on roller skates in...I think it was WINNERS AND SINNERS. Stephen Chow turned soccer moves into action scenes in SHAOLIN SOCCER. I'd love to see Ellen Page do judo moves on much bigger opponents. If the somewhat chubbier (and considerably older) Shannon Lee (Bruce's daughter) can do fight scenes in assorted DTV thrillers, so can Ellen.
Why not let your imaginations out of their cages once in a while?
Solid Snake PAC
09-24-09, 12:05 PM
Yeah but to compare her to Jackie Chan is weird, also Winner and Sinners was a cool flick. Loved the 80s with Chan.
For Page to hit in the action genre sense means that there must be some damn fine creation of a character to convince the public that she can kick ass. This isn't an action film. I'm not saying she couldn't do action but this isn't "action"
Oh yeah, and the Bank Job is great! I'll watch Statham in anything. Its funny watching him in The One, before he fine tuned his current bad ass persona.
Solid Snake PAC
09-24-09, 02:38 PM
She didn't really do much....just run through walls and pull a guy down I think.
Ash Ketchum
09-24-09, 02:40 PM
She didn't really do much....just run through walls and pull a guy down I think.
Get Corey Yuen (YES MADAM, SO CLOSE) to direct her in the next Jason Statham movie and I guarantee she can do a lot more.
Solid Snake PAC
09-24-09, 03:04 PM
I would assume she would do much more, I'm not say that I don't like her. I think she's fine actress she does her stuff well, but she's not the type I go out cuz she's in a film. I will see Whip It cuz it seems kinda cool.
Again she's not an action actor, nor do I think I'd give her an action label just cuz she did Whip It. Just..no.
on topic: I still don't The Bank Job is as amazing as some people think it is on here. It's just...kinda generic in a way really.
Ash Ketchum
09-24-09, 03:22 PM
JUNO 2
This time she's keeping the baby...
Any questions?
Poster: shot of her cradling a new-born baby in one arm and a pump shotgun in the other.
I'm game.
(Oh, and BANK JOB was the best movie of 2008.)
Solid Snake PAC
09-24-09, 03:30 PM
That poster you just made up sounds like the poster for Hard Boiled.
Bank Job was NOT the best film of 2008.
Daytripper
09-24-09, 10:18 PM
Bank Job was NOT the best film of 2008.
That was his opinion, not yours.
Solid Snake PAC
09-25-09, 12:28 AM
understood but still....
Tarantino
09-25-09, 12:45 AM
How about an Ellen Page movie where she talked people to death with pretentiousness?
Wait...
That <i>was</i> Juno.
toddly6666
09-25-09, 08:24 AM
I agree that The Bank Job was just a generic type of film, far from being the best of the year, but it was still good, especially since it was a true story. I dont think Ive ever been let down by bank-robbing movies or sports movies - these genres always give me what I want. There is no way that I would ever want to watch it again.
Drew Barrymore screwed up the look of Ellen Page in Whip It - she looks all off - big forehead, wet hair like a wet dog, helmet not fitting on head, make up all wrong , etc...
And yes there is something hot about petite actresses doing martial arts. The Juggernaught vs. Ellen page scene was the best scene in X-men 3.
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