DVD Review

The Bank Job (2008)

Reviewed by Aubry D'Arminio | Jul 30, 2008

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Release Date: Mar 07, 2008; Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Jul 15, 2008; Genres: Crime, Drama; With: Saffron Burrows and Jason Statham; Distributor: Lions Gate Films

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SOLID STEAL Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows get conspiratorial in The Bank Job, a no-frills movie about a real-life heist that delivers old-fashioned thrills

It took 28 years for the British crime film to match the promise of John Mackenzie's paranoid classic The Long Good Friday. All we needed was Transporter star Jason Statham in The Bank Job, delivering a gruff, grounded turn as a small-time crook duped into nicking compromising photos of Princess Margaret from a Lloyds vault. The special-edition EXTRAS include a mind-blowing doc on the real-life raid behind the film. Those lads actually dug a tunnel from a leather shop, under a chicken restaurant, into a bank over the weekend. A-

Originally posted Jul 18, 2008 Published in issue #1003 Jul 25, 2008 Order article reprints

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