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Plot: In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London’s Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions and millions of pounds. None of it was recovered....( read more read more... ) Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then suddenly disappeared - the result of a UK Government ‘D’ Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden in those boxes, involving murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved. 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.

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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 30, 2008
    I was expecting a B version knock-off of Ocean's 11 and The Italian Job. I was very pleasantly surprised. Definitely worth the viddy.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 28, 2008
    Great movie. Plot twists and everything were good, as well as a great ending. Really have to pay attention to know who the characters are and what their individual deals are. The fact that it's based on a true story is cool as well. Well worth a view or two!
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 26, 2008
    an action movie in a slow speed, based on a true story and really clever done, jason deliver again in his role. truelly wickedly good actor,
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 26, 2008
    A London model is arrested for drugs trafficking by MI5 and blackmailed into arranging the robbery of a Bank vault to reclaim some embarrassing photographs used by a corrupt black activist to obtain immunity. The robbery is successful but the vault also contained incriminating ledgers owned by some serious villains identifying corrupt police officers and more photos that could embarrass high level members of Her Majesty's government leaving the robbers in a very sticky situation. I wish Statham whould stop trying to be the cockney Van-Damme because this is what he is really good at. One criticism you could instantly level at this film is that the plot is so far-fetched, but bizarrely, it's actually a true story. At the beginning, it appears to be a decent if slightly run-of-the-mill heist movie as the usual collection of lovable East End villains plan and execute their scam but it's actually after the event that this film gets really interesting. The tone darkens and as it gets more hard-boiled and grim, the better it gets. The plot is well written and intertwines the several sub plots cleverly and its constantly entertaining. Darker, grittier and above all better than all of the Ocean's films and a great, unpretentious, old-fashioned British crime drama that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of them.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 21, 2008
    huuuuuuuum this film to me just felt like a poor mans oceans film. dont get me wrong it was a decent film jason statham was ok it in as there was a fight scene where he redeamed himself. but the films lacked something for me. but its a decent film worth a watch.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Roger Donaldson
  • Genres: Mystery & Suspense
  • Released: February 19, 2008
  • DVD Released: July 15, 2008

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