Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by mr grits (A) on March 09, 2008 at 10:56:14

I have always liked Brit Crime as they just have a way of making it a bit more real, even when it's fun. The Bank Job is based on an actual crime in 1970 and the film has a lot of nice 70's touches giving it the feel of the time.

The story revolves around a Brit secret service plot to get back compromising photos of a "Royal" held by a black supremest (Michael X) living in London. X was using them as blackmail to avoid criminal prosecutions and posed a very dual threat in his criminal behavior and a potential PR disaster for the Queen.

Jason Statham is contacted by an old neighborhood flame, Saffron Burroughs, and is put onto the possibility of pulling a "sure thing". The movie starts out light but soon after the heist it turns a bit dark with the with the gang being pursued by the police, a gangster, and MI-6.

This is light weight fare but I found it highly entertaining.

Go do some popcorn.

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