Article: FILM REVIEW: 'The Bank Job': a true story with true movie magic

Michelle Ofelt
University Wire
03-14-2008
(OSU Daily Barometer) (UWIRE) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Studying for finals got you down? There is a solution: take a study break and hit the theater! A particularly good movie is "The Bank Job," starring Jason Statham. It is an excellent British film that unfolds a complex true story of a 1971 England bank robbery. It plays with everything from comedy to corruption, two themes which are often welded together within the film. However, it is not all fun and games for the lighthearted crew, even though it begins that way.

The deeper in the robbers get with their scheme and the more people they involve, the quicker their world turns into a nightmare. The film ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!