The Bank Job DVD Review

"The Bank Job" reviews

DVD

The Bank Job

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anonymous

Date reviewed

2008-06-27 16:50:24

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DVD Review

Based, a tad loosely perhaps, on a true story. The Bank Job tells the story of an infamous 1971 Baker Street bank job which was said to be the subject of a government cover up.

This was due to the high profile people who had something to lose if the contents of the vaults were revealed, including royalty. Princess Margaret, the fun-loving sister of the Queen, is the subject of lewd photos which have wound up in the hands of radical black activist Michael (not to be confused with Malcolm) X. He hopes to use them to blackmail the government and has them securely placed in a bank deposit box.

However, MI5 are called in and they recruit bank robber Terry (Jason Statham) to get into the deposit boxes. Along with a team of specialists, he does the job, but it's of course more complicated than Terry and co. would have expected, especially when they discover the amount of dodgy good that are stored in the various boxes. Written by the generally reliable team of Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais (Porridge, Auf Weidersehen Pet), it's an enjoyable caper movie with a bit of good guy bad guy role reversal.

There are several special features, but sadly no MI5 revelations, including audio commentary with director Roger Donaldson, Actress Saffron Burrows, and composer J. Peter Robinson. Among the copious featurettes are: Inside the Bank Job, The Baker Street Bank Raid, The Bank Job: World Premiere Parts 1 and 2, Red Carpet Interviews, One to one with Jason Statham, deleted/extended scenes with audio commentary and introducing the stories.