The Bank Job

The Bank Job is easily the best heist movie I've seen in years. It makes the most of a great cast and retro feel to create a fantastic throwback thriller. Too many new movies focus solely on the slickness of the heist. The Bank Job is more about what is being stolen and the consequences of stealing it. As a result this movie is very dense and throws a lot of characters on the screen in the first 30 minutes. While other movies can leave the viewer hanging, The Bank Job does a great job of tying up story points and helping you understand the fairly complicated plot.

It was also good to see Jason Statham in a good movie for a change. I also liked David Suchet as a strip club owner and pornographer; a major departure from his best known role as Hercule Poirot on the BBC. 4/5

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Posted by: neuman
Posted on: March 18, 2008 07:39 PM

If you liked the bank job, check out "In Bruges". It was way better than i expected it to be. Funny, touching, beautiful.

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