TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

blrnani The plot is a clever one - if not entirely original; how many different ways are there to rob a bank, after all - and shows how the best laid plots have to cover the unexpected. This wasn't a 'best laid plot', however and the failures of the robbers are only matched by the appalling incompetence and lack of professionalism of the police handling the situation. That could've been used to generate a very effective comedy, but there is no humour whatsoever in this film. And that is where the entire premise breaks down - none of the characters generates the slightest sympathy from the audience (unless it's shown in prison to a bunch of cons, perhaps), so there is nothing to engage us. Indeed the natural tendency as it progresses is to hope they all get caught and one or two of them actually get killed resisting arrest. The only slightly sympathetic character spends most of the film semi-unconscious and bleeding to death, because despite knowing they'd enter the bank by smashing a van through the doors, he wasn't holding on tightly enough and got thrown through the rear window, impaling his thigh on the rear wiper in the process - a prime candidate for a Darwin Award! If this is supposed to be a portrayal of ordinary English blokes then God help the country! As a Brit myself I am ashamed to consider them as compatriots (and I have the greatest respect for the Cockneys I have worked with)! This film has been compared to the original* The Italian Job, a film that makes me cringe nowadays, but it does have its saving graces. This film unfortunately has none. * The remake, with Wahlberg, Theron and Statham, is a really good film that I can strongly recommend.

dmitriych The plot is just a paraphrased copy of Inside Man, and a poor one at that. Nothing original whatsoever, which makes this movie a really dull one. The second they go in the back and start checking that floor you can predict how the story is going to develop. You already know there must be someone from bank staff helping these robbers. And sure enough he appears. Characters are not believable at all. Serious people planning a serious robbery do not take village idiots with them on the job. They also are smart enough to finish up fast without playing testosterone games. What killed me is the stupid ending. The newsman says that robbers were caught landing in Germany. In 2 hours? No one knew who these people were, faces were covered, they escaped and covered their tracks. Then all of a sudden they get caught in Germany? Apparently, the English police used its psychic powers and figured everything out in minutes and had time to warn most of Europe by sending out identifiable information...Sure. Why then did they look so puzzled walking out of the bank? And how exactly did they put in jail 6 people arrested in another country without any evidence and with a good alibi. To sum up, this film is inconsistent, unoriginal, poorly written piece of cinematic garbage. If you want to see a good movie, try the original version of this plot--the Inside Man.

Sand-Dancer As a British ex-pat, I am always keen to watch British movies, especially the crime/bank job/gang genre. However, I was very disappointed by this very slow-moving, cliché-ridden attempt...it was like watching a bad episode of The Bill (or maybe Eastenders, given that it had Shaun Williamson and Paul Nicholls in it!).The story was dull, the casting poor, the acting wooden - even Geoff Bell seemed like he was just going through the motions without putting in much of an effort. Maybe I have become too accustomed to watching better and more natural 'bad boys' like Jason Statham, Colin Farrell, and even Danny Dyer in such roles.*Big yawn - don't bother watching*

way2grimee I would think that this film has been overshadowed probably due to The Bank Job being released only a couple of months previous. There's a bunch of familiar faces from films such as Lock Stock, Snatch, The Business etc and even a bloke from Eastenders. Your usual cockney lot.That being said the acting is spot on and the dialogue is funny. Gotta love low budget British films, there's a hell of a lot more of them recently and its a welcome change to the usual big budget yankee tosh.The characters are fun but believable, especially the young white kid really made me laugh. What made him so funny was the fact that I know kids just like him haha.The rest of the crims were your usual hard cases, jokers and sarcastic cockney types.Overall the storyline and dialogue was very well written and an enjoyable film throughout.I give it 8/10 to try and make up for whichever tosspot gave it such a crap rating. Bravo.