2008 · R · 111 min
The Bank Job
A car salesman with a criminal past is recruited for a London bank heist that inadvertently involves secrets belonging to the British government and the royal family.
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Released
- March 7, 2008
- Studios
- Mosaic Media Group, Relativity Media
- Worldwide
- $65,000,000
The Bank Job
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Opening Weekend
- $5,900,000
- Domestic
- $30,000,000
- Worldwide
- $65,000,000
- Return on Budget
- 3.3x
Synopsis
The picture.
Terry Leather is a struggling car dealer trying to stay on the right side of the law. When his former acquaintance Martine Love proposes a plan to rob a bank on London's Baker Street, Terry agrees to lead a team of small-time thieves to drill into the vault and raid the safe deposit boxes.
The crew successfully executes the heist, but they soon discover that the boxes contain far more than just cash and jewelry. They find themselves in possession of compromising photographs of a royal family member and a ledger detailing systemic police corruption, making them targets for both the authorities and the criminal underworld.
As the British intelligence services and local mobsters close in, Terry must use the incriminating evidence as leverage to negotiate for his team's safety.
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Cast & crew.
Director
- Roger Donaldson
Writers
- Dick Clement
- Ian La Frenais
Principal Cast
- Jason Statham
- Saffron Burrows
- Stephen Campbell Moore
- Daniel Mays
- Richard Lintern
- James Faulkner
Studios
- Mosaic Media Group
- Relativity Media
- Lionsgate
Trailer
Watch it.
Production Notes
What made it work.
- 01
Based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery, allegedly suppressed by the British government via a D-Notice to protect a member of the royal family.
- 02
Screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais researched the event by meeting some of the actual participants in the original heist.
- 03
Filming took place on location in London, near the real Baker Street and various historic Underground stations.
- 04
Production captured an old-school British crime aesthetic, contrasting a gritty criminal underworld with the polished exterior of 1970s London society.
Reception
How it landed.
Critical
Mostly positive reviews for its tight pacing and suspenseful narrative, with many critics calling it one of Jason Statham's more grounded performances.
Audience
Favourable audience reception with a strong box office return on a modest production budget.