The Bank Job
Self-reformed petty criminal Terry Leather tries to lead a normal London life with his wife and kids. But his life is thrusted into into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal when his ex-girlfriend turns up with an offer to pull off a lucrative bank heist.
16 October 1936, London, England, UK
30 September 1970, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK
10 February 1976, London, England, UK
2 May 1946, Paddington, London, England, UK
20 February 1983, London, England, UK
1978, Lambeth, London, England, UK
26 February 1980, Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
6 December 1962, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
19 May 1971, Swansea, Wales, UK
1964, London, England, UK
11 November 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
9 January 1946, India
31 March 1978, Epping, Essex, England, UK
September 25, 2010
As some characters brazenly assert colonial imperatives, race and class commentary abound and "The Bank Job" eventually takes a vividly violent turn. But its subtext of history's long con doesn't keep the film from hitting great-heist high points.August 03, 2009
The Bank Job happily stole my attentionFebruary 02, 2009
The Bank Job is not just another slick caper film. It's robust, messy, cluttered, and a cut well above the average crime job.October 21, 2014
The Bank Job delivers much more than it's title claims.March 07, 2008
Thanks to the twin pens of screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, what a jam-packed and misanthropic fiction this is.June 16, 2016
... a terrific piece of heist filmmaking made with a rough-and-tumble attitude and old-school professionalism.March 07, 2008
Longtime screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have woven a masterful narrative full of odd twists and dark humor from which Australian director Roger Donaldson and a prime cast mine plum characters and a tight plot to satisfying effect.March 07, 2008
The Bank Job is nothing more than an efficient time-killer with the added bonus of being based on a real misadventure. But, unlike its benighted cast of characters, it gets the job done without a hitch.January 05, 2012
The Bank Job is an often suspenseful and sleek crime movie which shows how a group of working class slumps exposed the scandalous nature of the rich, as both spooks and crims bay for their blood.March 07, 2008
A tight, classic-feeling film about losers banding together for one big score, then scrambling furiously as they realize they're in over their heads. It's fast, nifty, sharp and sweet.March 07, 2008
With its cockneys and coppers and the caper that comes a cropper, the movie is fully engaging on several levels.March 07, 2008
It's something new for heist pictures: a movie that can't even rip off its predecessor with any panache.