'The Bank Job' seem to second the motion.
Set in the 70's which was shrewdly put together by great production and efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, 'The Bank Job' follows a web of politics, conspiracy, double-crossing, heist and many more that you can imagine that obviously will overwhelm your film basket.
Terry as played as my declared 'Top Action Star' was at first a small-time car dealer who wanted to have his 'dark past' slid through a garbage bag and attempt to throw it to a ginormous bin. He wants to start to have his life on track.
A former flame in the name of Martine (Saffron Burrows), a woman Terry knows to his wildest intellect that isn't an angel, proposes a 'genius' bank heist that will be his 'chance'. Terry wasn't of course a full-time criminal but agrees to initiate the bank robbery set in Baker Street's Lloyd's Bank. An ensemble of his resourceful underdog-turned-heist-goers went miners to make Martine's 'genius' plan a success.
With the robbery now in the bag, a web of events determinedly complicates this simple 'genius' plan. I said 'genuis' three times, yes? The heck ignore it.
Watching 'The Bank Job' is never a bore. I've watched it almost 5 times already since its release 2008, and it seldom lowers a notch. Incredible pacing. There is a subtle amount of speed that I could not distinguish if it is speed, or really if it is slow, or even moderate. In my opinion, the pacing is an inch close to perfection.
Great cast. I almost felt like actors are perfect fit for their parts. However, the closeness of the film to my reality's 'perfection' doesn't change the fact that the 'Bank Job' is based on a true story. And that fact proves the characters weakly impacting, suggesting that it prances in the side of caricature rather than realism.
The end of the day, besides being naturally a stunner, 'The Bank Job' proves one thing for Jason Statham.
And that...
that...
remains untold. (Don't make me burn in hell for eternity in your prayers! :P)
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