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The Bank Job

The true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.

I bet he doesn't know he's being filmed...

Based on a true event many years ago, when a gang of thieves broke into a branch of Lloyds Bank and stole the contents of some safe deposit boxes. What they didn't know was that they were being used by MI5 to obtain pictures being used to blackmail a member of the Royal Family. However, even the best laid plans can go wrong, and after the heist, not only did MI5 pick up unexpected problems, but the robbers had to contend with some other heavies after them as well. Many important people had sensitive items in those safe boxes, and wanted them back, whatever it took.

112 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence)
Crime, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Georgia Taylor, Richard Lintern

Director

Roger Donaldson

Screenplay

Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais

Music

J. Peter Robinson

Cinematography

Michael Coulter

Editing

John Gilbert

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Arclight Films, Mosaic Media Group, Omnilab, Relativity Media, Skyline (Baker St)

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, thriller
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	Strong
Sex	Strong
Violence	Strongish
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Tense realistic crime drama.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith

Die BurgerSonette Lombaard

Cape TimesMichael Phillips

The CitizenPeter Feldman

Sunday TimesBarry Ronge

International Media

BBC (UK)Paul Adrendt Another lump of flotsam from the ebbing tide of dodgy British gangster flicks.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson The Bank Job remains an unusually lively showcase of Brits behaving badly.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli The Bank Job is smart, well-paced, exciting entertainment for adults - something that is more of a rarity than it should be.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Dull title for a juicy, fact-based caper movie that's full of surprises.

ScreenIt (USA) Certainly not for the kids, the film is a decent, adult-oriented throwback to heist films of old, where viewers get caught up in the proceedings, watching the thieves ending up in over their heads and trying to squirm or manipulate their way out of that.

Metacritic.com32 critics

RottenTomatoes.com129 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Well cast and crisply directed, The Bank Job is a thoroughly entertaining British heist thriller.

Internet (IMDB)18776 Netizens

Average .. 66%

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