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Show Chipper 'Bank Job' is a solid entertainment investment Roger Moore THE 4 ORLANDO Review SENTINEL Bank Job" k a so1" fTlhe I built and entertain- - idly L ing Brit about a heist that goes wrong. And right. It's an elaborate caper, with odd but oddly believable crooks, compelling villains and loads of swell British slang, circa 1971. And the kicker? It really happened. There are incriminating photographs of a sexual nature that a Jamaican and pimp and sometime 4 The Bank Job - Director: Roger Donaldson Ccfct: Jason Statham, m ? .. i t ; Saffron Burrows, David Suchet, Daniel Mays Running time: 1 hr., 50 min. R for sexual Rating: content, nudity, violence and language Location: Opens Friday at aters everywhere ' ' drug-deal- the- - ;., - "things turn to custard." Roger Donaldson, a sometime action director ("The Recruit" and "The World's Fastest Indian" were his) takes a while to find his footing here. destroyed. So they blackmail a' drug ;'; But as the heist unfolds and we're fully introduced to all smuggler, Martine (Saffron the competing characters and Burrows), into setting up a heist. MI-- 5 helps arrange it. opposing agendas, "The Bank The bank's alarm system won't Job" crosses from uncertain to be on. All the smuggler has to engrossing. do is tempt others into doing A strip club owner (David the work, a few lads from the Suchet) has secrets in the old neighborhood, the old life bank. A madam has "client" photos and film hidden there. maybe even an old flame (Jason Statham). Corrupt cops are furious that -wants they weren't in on it. The JaTerry (Statham) only to "get out of the game." He's maican, Michael X (Peter De behind on his underworld Jersey), worries that he's lost his blackmail photos. Members debts. He'&about to lose his of Parliament, government garage. So he lures in some officials and nobility fret over "villains" he's friendly with to what may come out. help. There's Dave the porn And the actor (Daniel Mays), Kevin the crooks realize they've opened photographer (Stephen Camp"a whole bloody Pandora's bell Moore), a Cypriot box." expert and a con manhaberdasher with a "posh Statham, stripped of his accent" to rent the store they'll martial arts and assorted other action star crutches, need to dig from. plays a milder version of the They're amateurs in every sense. They make too much stubbly tough guy he's given us before. He's not so tough, noise. They're clumsy with the tools, including a "thermic here. He's a family man with lance," which burns through things to lose, but still willing to take one last risk. concrete. They chatter on walkie-talkie- s The supporting cast sketches that "we're almost in the vault" and the like. in their characters in quick, subtle strokes. Suchet, TV's They don't hide their faces Hercule Poirot, plays the smart and they don't wear gloves. underworld porn lord who can At least Terry's the suspicious type. 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Heist picture cliches such as the session, the kidnap and torture of gang members and "the handoff " are managed with aplomb. The film doesn't cover much ground that 100 years of heist movies haven't been over before. But as the mistakes and blunders turn deadly, and the JUMPER i'b) 11:10 ENCNANTED(PG) 11:30 2:30 5:00 v: left, Kevin Swain Stephen Campbell Moore, Guy Singer James Faulkner, Bambas AM Davidjand Dave Shilling Daniel Mays in "The Bank Job. " Terry Jason Statham, CALL 7010:00 YOU 40 1030 HORSE 7:059.40 (PG) (PG 13) |