The Bank Job is a gritty film with a mostly British cast lead by
Jason Statham. The film is based on a series of true stories creating an intricate and relatively believable story which indeed sounds like something straight out of Hollywood. Of course that is for a good reason, because it is!
Some elements of the film which are ture are that there was a bank robbery on Baker Street in 1971, that Princess Margaret allegedly* had revealing pictures of a sexual nature taken which were concealed under a “D Notice” and that there was a crazy crime boss called Michael X.
It does however takes some leap of the imagination to string all these stories together which unfortunately shows in the film as it swings wildly from the believable to the unbelievable.
I was pleased to see Jason Statham attempting something other than the action fueled acting he is so famous for, however at times he did appear somewhat rigid. Even so he remains one of my favorite actors, in particular for his role in Snatch and the Transporter films. It did make me sit up somewhat when he turned kung-fu master in the final scenes with some typical Stratham-esq action.
Altogether The Bank Job was entertaining, slow in parts and confusing in others but still worth watching!
*not by me - please don’t sue me