Blu-ray Review HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Bank Job - Recommended (1 Viewer)

[Kevin EK]

Blu-ray Disc REVIEW

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Thanks for the review Kevin.

Viewed the movie "The Bank Job" (blu-ray) for the first time last Thursday and I have to say that what is lacking in action is made up for in the suspense and it kills you. You can't leave that movie without knowing what's going to happen.

I'm recommending it to my friends.

Paul

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Have to add - There are some similar details between "The Bank Job" and "The Dark Knight".

A much better movie than I expected, and it's about a true story that happened in the UK.

Paul

 

[Ron-P]

Bought it blind, and really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.

 

[Edwin-S]

Just as a note, under video you have youth with out youth rather than The Bank Job. Search and replace must have missed the titles. The rest looks fine.

Also, I agree with your assessment of the film. It was a pretty good period piece caper film. The kind that you don't see very often anymore. I don't think it got near enough love in its theatrical run. There is another thing that I liked about this film. It got its points across without having to resort to overly graphic violence. The director actually did something that few directors seem to do enough of nowadays. He allowed viewers to use their own imaginations to fill in some of the blanks.

 

[Kevin EK]

Thanks Edwin. Sorry about that. I build my reviews on the templates of old ones, and rewrite all the relevant sections from within, rather than rebuilding the template from scratch each time. I missed one this time.

Everyone I've talked to that actually saw the movie really liked it. It's just hard to get people past the image of Jason Statham smacking people around. I've had to explain that he only does that briefly here, and that the movie is really about something totally different...

 

[Edwin-S]

Yes, I figured that you must do something like that. I would think it would get pretty tedious for you to reformat everything from scratch, especially with the number of reviews that you produce.

In regards to Jason Statham. It is funny that people basically think of him as a headbreaker, especially considering that when he starred in Snatch he hardly laid a finger on anyone. In fact, he spent more time trying to avoid trouble, just unsuccessfully. He is capable of doing action and otherwise, but he seems to have become typecast in people's minds.

His character in this movie, in some ways, reminds me of his earlier turn in Snatch.

 

[Ron Reda]

IMO, that can only be a good thing! Speaking of which, when is Snatch coming to BR? I would have Sony would have released that one already!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Count me as a Statham fan. I find him very charismatic on-screen and engaging. I certainly don't 'cast him solely as a head-banger. (In fact, a certain non-head-banging sequence in Crank comes to mind...

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Missed this in the theater...so am looking forward to the disc. I figured this film to act as sort of an expansion of his Italian Job role.

 

[Kevin EK]

Mike, when the non-head banging scene in CRANK came on the screen, it was the cheering crowd of tourists that convinced me that perhaps I shouldn't be thinking of the film as a naturalistic and realistic depiction of modern human life and behavior.

 

[Mike Frezon]

It's funny how scenes in certain films (even films of suspect quality) can make such an impact!

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I really enjoyed this. Paul just to be fair, the story is based on a true story. The actually robbery was real and some of the other events outside of the bank were. The filmmakers had a theory that the bank robbery was about the notebook to explain some of the other things that were happening at that time, but it is just their theory.

 

[Ron-P]

As do I, Statham is fun to watch. I cannot wait for the Brazilian Job. Of course we get Crank 2 and Transporter 3 before that.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Ron: When I retire (unfortunately that might not be for a very long time)...I am so looking forward to making a trip West and taking in a "show" in your theater!

I'll bring the beer!

 

[Ron-P]

You are welcome anytime Mike, as long as you do bring the beer.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Mama didn't raise no fool!

 

[Vegas 1]

Kevin, thanks for the review I missed this one in the theaters, so will check it out for sure as I'm a Statham fan.