The Bank Job

Times Watched: 1
Watched With: Nobody @ GV Plaza Singapura (05/07)
Snacks: None

The year is 1971. A time of peace, love, sex and drugs.
Small-time criminal Terry Leather (Jason Statham) suddenly gets a surprise visit from an old flame (Martine Love (Saffron Burrows) who gives him the opportunity to get out of the smale time for one big final score - a bank heist.
So Terry gathers his mates Kevin (Stephen Campbell Moore), Dave (Daniel Mays), The Major (James Faulkner), Bambas (Alki David) and Eddie (Michael Jibson) to pull of the big bank job that will get them a nice big payout.

The fact of the matter is that a member of the British Monarchy was photographed in some very risque photographs which are in the possession of Michael X (Peter De Jersey) and secret government officials led by Tim Everett (Richard Lintern) want to recover those photos which just so happen to be in the vault that the gang are going to heist.

To complicate matters even worse, several top government officials also have some very naughty photographs of them at the local brothel stored in another box and in another box porn kingpin Lew Vogel (David Suchet) has documents linking crooked cops to nice big bribery payouts.
And this spells trouble for our would-be bank robbers.

Sounds very complicated? Well don't worry.
This movie is based on actual events and is in fact so well weaved that they can even add in smaller sub-plots like secret agent Gale Benson (Hattie Morahan) who was really murdered by Michael X for the same reasons shown in the movie.

Based on true events and some of the characters even retain their real names and images so it makes for an excellent story bub.
The setting and cinematography is really fitting for 1970s London. From the old cars to the sideburns to the clothes to the moustaches.
Really brillo guv'ner.
And nice to see Statham show his acting chops instead of karate chops.

Rave reviews about this one. I agree.
One of the better suspense action crime caper movies.

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