Movie: The Bank Job

[Animeniax]

New movie with Jason Statham. I expect it will be a movie about some guy's job at a bank. Might be kind of boring.

[XanBcoo]

So what...this is like Snatch meets Ocean's Eleven?

That's a pretty promising combination. I'll probably see this if I get the chance.

[Sapphire]

A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself.

Looks like a good trailer, but ok movie, unless they have an awesome director.

[Animeniax]

Yep, looks like a British caper movie with a twist. Should be lots of guns, some high-flying martial arts action, and plenty of dry British wit.

[rockmanj]

Actually, I heard there isn't that much fighting, and that Stratham only has a single fight scene. But Ive heard its a good story, and based on an actual heist.

[Sapphire]

Trailer. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200465/trailers-screenplay-E38175-314)

WAIT WHAT? This looks like what Ocean's Eleven did three times....

[Assassin]

ya that trailer, and especially the music is very reminiscent of oceans eleven. And while the oceans series was absolutely awesome, i have a feeling this movie will be disappointing....i dont think they'll be able to pull off a heist movie properly. Maybe thats just cuz i can't see jason statham and these other no name actors as being talented enough to do it right. I never really liked that guy...majority of his movies are mindless action flicks.

Then again, if this is a purely british movie, then there mite be some hope. i'll wait and see.

[rockmanj]

Hopefully they're marketing it like that because people are familiar with the Ocean's series, and not because its a similar film. Im sure you all can understand how marketing people would do something like that. They think people aren't prepared for new things most of the time.

[Animeniax]

Happily I have not seen any of the Ocean series, so I should enjoy this movie more since the cynic that I am won't be able to compare ideas and scenes between the movies.

[Sapphire]

I don't think it's healthy for a movie to try to be similar to another major movie so soon..

[Splash!]

I saw this yesterday and I loved it. It was nothing like the Ocean's series. They tried to do something very different it.The movie has 2 halfs to it. Watching the first half, it seems like it's a light comedy, but at the beginning of the second half it turns quite serious and even a little twisted. Its based on a true story.

I wont say anything else because it is totally worth watching yourself.