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Old 03-23-2008, 11:42 PM   #4 of 8
Nelson Au
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Re: The Bank Job - quick review


I just saw this today and I agree that there isn't more discussion about it. What I liked was how smart it was. It wasn't typical fair from Hollywood. It was taut and the part that was unexpected for me, as I didn't know the details of this true story, was what happened afterwards.

Perhaps part of the problem was what I heard afterwards from my friend, he said there wasn't a car chase. Now he was joking, but I suppose there's a built-in expectation that if Stratham is in a film, it will have a car chase. Or perhaps the darkness of the items found in the vault was the other reason this film is not discussed or has found a wider audience.

The audience I saw it with was smart enough to follow it through and also laughed at the right moments as well as react to the downfall of the bad guys.
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