Martine offers Terry a lead on a 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. The Bank Job is one of Jason Statham's most different films that he has made in the last decade but also one of his best as well. Full of suspense, great acting and twists and turns along the way that fans of heist movies should not miss at all. (10/10) (A+)

A top-notch script, coupled with an excellent cast and great directing makes the most of this factually based film.Gripping from the start, it continues weaving its complex web of corruption in early 1970's London right through to the end.The excellent script from Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais just goes to show they should do more film scripts. The perfect balance between a gritty thriller and the occasional lighthearted comment or moment.It's rare to find such a well crafted heist movie that doesn't rely on superficial gloss. Hollywood should take note.A cracking film that's well worth your time.

While watching The Bank Job (2008) by Roger Donaldson I could not help thinking how much it felt like a Guy Ritchie's movie, the best that he did not direct. The Bank Job is fast, smart, and so well made that I can only agree with Richard Rupert of At the Movies with Ebert& Rupert, "The most entertaining heist movie I've seen in years". It is based on the true story of the Baker Street robbery that involved a robbery of the safe deposit boxes at a branch of Lloyds Bank on the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road, London, and the following political scandal that the content of some of the boxes might have caused. The robbers were never arrested, and the cash, jewelry and the documents were never recovered. I am not sure how much truth is in the film but it works fine recreating the atmosphere of the 1970s with its political corruption, sex scandals that link to the highest circles, and the police incompetence.I mentioned Guy Ritchie above, and it seems that the colorful characters from the different layers of society that inhabited London in The Bank Job might have come directly from his early movies. The most decent and sympathetic turned to be the petty thieves led by Terry Leather (the role fits Jason Statham like a glove) while the owners of the stolen safe deposit boxes are mostly corrupt and despicable. Among them the members of the parliament who like to visit the fashionable London brothel, the leader of Black Power organization who keeps the compromising pictures of a member of British Royal Family in the coveted deposit box 118, and the porn-king of Soho (David Suchet) who makes the note of his every payment to the bent cops of London in the special book. Sushet, known to millions as a master of gray cells, the world famous Hercule Poirot, is here on the other side of the law. Perhaps, you won't remember this movie for its outstanding photography and spectacular scenery but as far as the level of entertainment and thrills goes, it is certainly a hit. And the big one.

The Bank Job maybe Jason Statham's best movie (excluding his role in the first Expendables movie) I really enjoyed it it is not your usual Statham movie. Plot In A Paragraph: Based on a true story Martine (Saffron Burrows) offers Terry (Statham) a tip on a foolproof bank job on London's Baker Street branch of Lloyds bank. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewellery. But Terry and his crew don't realise the boxes also contain a lot of dirty secrets - secrets that will endanger the lives of everyone involved. It does get bogged down with too many subplots in its short running time and there are some awful attempt to cockney accents. However these are only a minor flaws in an entertaining movie.In its edition of February 16, 2008 The Daily Mail newspaper reported "The four men caught, charged and convicted of the raid went to jail without ever having their names mentioned in the press, and to this day their identities and the circumstances of their capture remain secret. Even the lengths of their sentences are still shrouded in mystery."