The Bank Job
Lumbers along, never quite sure if it wants to be a thriller or a campy throw-back.
| 06 Mar 2008
Film title:
The Bank Job
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Starring:
Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, David Suchet
Release date:
29 Feb
Certificate:
15
Now, stop me if you've heard this before: geezer du jour Statham is the man with a dodgy past who, despite his best intentions to stay on the straight and narra', is tempted back for one last job – I know, let's just re-invent the wheel while we're at it script guys. So, our favourite growly action man leads a pack of cheeky chappies on the aforementioned One Last Job, but things – gasp! – do not go quite as planned. Heist movies are all about pace, but The Bank Job just lumbers along, never quite sure if it wants to be a thriller or a campy throw-back. Burrows stands around looking tall and pouty while even Suchet, oozing evilness from every orifice as a Soho porn king, can't halt the film's messy and disappointing conclusion. If only they'd let Statham punch things a bit more. [Laura Smith]