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List Price: $29.95Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $14.96 (50%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0031398236108
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 774
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals Terry (Statham) finds himself deep into this real-life heist and quite suddenly the target of ruthless mobsters the police government officials at the highest level and even the royal family.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 031398236108 Manufacturer No: 23610
Amazon.com:
A cheerful, energetic, and completely entertaining movie, The Bank Job follows some small-time hoods who think they've lucked into a big-time opportunity when they learn a bank's security system will be temporarily suspended--little suspecting that they're being manipulated by government agents for their own ends. The result is that the movie doubles its pleasures: While the robbery itself has the usual suspense of a heist film, when the robbery is over the hoods find themselves being hunted by the police, the government, and brutal criminal kingpins who were storing dangerous information in a safety deposit box. The Bank Job won't win any awards, but it's enormously fun. Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) propels the action along with vigor, editing zippily with perfect clarity among multiple storylines and various colorful characters. Jason Statham (Snatch, The Transporter), as the leader of the bank robbers, successfully steps away from his usual bone-crunching roles to a more human presence. The rest of the cast--including Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea), Keeley Hawes (Tipping the Velvet), David Suchet (Poirot), and many faces familiar from British film and television--give their characters the right degree of personality and flavor without getting fussy or detracting from the headlong rush of the story. A little sex, a lot of action, a sly sense of humor, and a twisty plot; if more movies had these basic pleasures, the world would be a happier place. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best movie of 2008 (so far).
For an hour and fifty minutes, this movie manages to achieve something no Hollywood product has done all year: sustain a non-stop level of excitement and interest. Very seldom do I purchase a DVD just on the basis of the Amazon.com reviews and recomendations and I'm glad because up to this point of the year (October 13th.), it's the best film I've seen all year. There were even a couple of jokes that I saw a long time coming but made me burst out laughing anyway. That's the kind of movie this is.
Rating:  - A Good 'Job' but Lacking Narrative Cohesion
A well paced flick with plenty of tense moments and a preponderance of twists, The Bank Job makes for a decent movie experience.
However, the pacing and twisting can't conceal that the film suffers from a lack of focus, both in narrative and theme. I felt Bank Job couldn't decide whether to be a light-hearted caper like 'Snatch' or a gritty crime drama like 'The Departed'. It attempts to be both and fails to be truly excellent at either.
The cast of characters grows quite ... Read More
Rating: - Grim and gritty
Not the usual caper movie. And that's good. Truth is stranger than fiction. The entertainment comes as the dumb threaten the arrogant. The evil punish the careless. And the quick outwit the establishment. A marriage survives. And the details are still out there.
Rating: - Bank Job
I basically bought the movie because of Jason Statham, and I wasn't disappointed.
It is a good movie about a couple of misfits are robbing a bank.
What I like about the flick is, the setting and the characters portrayed in this film.
On top, it has this typical British feeling to it, what makes most movies from the island somehow special.
Snatch (Widescreen Edition)
Rating: - Like The Italian Job
Flat out funny and smart film. To say anything would spoil the film. The film never stops with the actions and moments that make you snicker.
Disc 2 is the digital copy, compatible with Windows Media and iTunes. The bonus features on Disc 1 were pretty nice, going into the heist.
If you liked The Italian Job (old or new), get this film. If you like the Bond films, get this film.
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