"The Bank Job" starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows

Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, Lionsgate. 'The Bank Job' stars Jason Statham ('Transporter,' 'Snatch,' 'Crank,' 'The Italian Job') and Saffron Burrows ('Klimt,' 'Enigma'). The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s England.

A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), 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...the true story of a heist gone wrong...in all the right ways. -

Movie Info
Starring:Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Richard Lintern

Theatrical Release Date:03/07/2008

DVD Release Date:07/15/2008

Rating:RMPAA Reasons:for sexual content, nudity, violence and language

Run Time:110 min.

Distributor(s):LionsgateProduction Co.:Mosaic Media Group

Director(s):Roger Donaldson

Genre(s):Crime and Mystery

Themes:Bank Robbery, Unlikely Criminals

Tone:Tense, Gritty, Ominous, Humorous, Nostalgic

Keywords:royalty, corruption, sex-scandal, bank-robbery, safe-deposit-box

Country of Origin:USA

15.09.2008