The Bank Job Details

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[Highly rated reviewer]

Sweeney With Violence & Porn; Overrated

Shifty car-dealer Jason Stantham [Transporter], harassed to repay loan-shark, is approached by Saffron Burrows [Perfect Creature] to rob the security-boxes stored in the basement of the Marylebone branch of Lloyds Bank. Saffron, in turn, is the victim of corrupt officials planting drugs in her luggage forcing her to recover incriminating-photographs held by Jamaican drug-dealer & pimp Colin Salmon [Freeze Frame] with the help of her known underworld-associates. MI5... seeking 'clean hands' wants nothing to do with the recovery of photographs though lends asistance from-a-distance.

Unbeknown to Jason & his crew, the haul of cash... contains photographs of politicians in compromising-positions with hookers, pay-off [e.g., corrupt Met' Police officers] book held by sleezy strip-club owner David Suchet [Executive Decision]...

Seperated Muslim friend was embarrased by scenes of nudity & confirmed her teenage-kids [youngest 14, eldest 19] would not get to see the DVD; 15-rating should be considered 18 if you are in any way prudish or offended by violence.

the shite job

this sucks. had the workings of a good story but as you can tell from the cast, as much imagination went into this as putting petrol in your car when it runs out. the main actor was aright in snatch, but, since then has only done east ender wanabe gangster roles, each getting tackier and crappier as he goes down his pathetic hard-man typecast carreer. the same can be said for the eye candy girl. i have seen her in three films now all playing the same girlfriend of the struggling east-end gangster, and she still cant get the accent right. avoid at all costs.