'The Bank Job' - High-Def Digest Review

[Attebery]

Kenneth's review of 'The Bank Job' is up. He was pleasantly surprised by this intriguing and well made flick. This Blu-ray has a problematic but above average video transfer, great audio, and revealing supplements. Recommended.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1453/bankjob2008.html

[kennerado]

nevermind.

[Patsfan123]

I watched it tonight.. It was pretty good all around. Story, video, and audio.

[JAWoOKIE]

Woop!! 7.1. Buying for sure now

[TheRescue]

I remember really digging this film in the theaters. Sucks the video quality isn't up to snuff, but I'm sure it's still worthy of owning. Sounds like the audio is fantastic.

[Blu-News.com]

Great review! I'm still waiting on this title, have never seen it.

[Son of Odin]

great film. the video isn't great but still not as soft as batman begins. more detail than bb and excellent audio. this movie reminds me alot of the heist with gene hackman.

[lgans316]

Courtesy: Patsfan123@AVS

DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless compression) 16-bit/48kHz
												Total	Video
Title						Codec	Length	Movie Size	Disc Size	Bitrate	Bitrate	Main Audio Track	Secondary Audio Track
-----						------	-------	--------------	--------------	-------	-------	-----------------------	---------------------
The Bank Job					AVC	1:52:01	19,677,437,952	23,620,157,820	23.42	18.32	DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 2714Kbps (48kHz/16-bit)

PLAYLIST REPORT:

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Length:         1:52:01 (h:m:s)
Total Bitrate:  23.42 Mbps
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00001.M2TS      19,677,437,952  1:52:01.756     0:00:00.000     1:52:01.756     

VIDEO:

Codec               Bitrate         Description     
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MPEG-4 AVC Video    18323 kbps      1080p / 23.976fps

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
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DTS-HD Master Audio             English         2714 kbps       7.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 2714kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio             French          640 kbps        5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio             English         224 kbps        2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
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Presentation Graphics           English         56 kbps                         
Presentation Graphics           English         64 kbps                         
Presentation Graphics           Spanish         56 kbps                         

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time            Name                            
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1               0:00:00.000     Chapter 1                       
2               0:07:21.524     Chapter 2                       
3               0:13:47.493     Chapter 3                       
4               0:18:59.930     Chapter 4                       
5               0:24:47.277     Chapter 5                       
6               0:36:32.231     Chapter 6                       
7               0:40:28.426     Chapter 7                       
8               0:45:56.754     Chapter 8                       
9               0:54:10.789     Chapter 9                       
10              0:59:52.130     Chapter 10                      
11              1:05:51.030     Chapter 11                      
12              1:15:42.329     Chapter 12                      
13              1:22:39.871     Chapter 13                      
14              1:30:48.401     Chapter 14                      
15              1:38:27.401     Chapter 15                      
16              1:45:52.262     Chapter 16                      
17              1:52:01.506     Chapter 17

Number of chapters : 17

[cooltobeyou]

Its great to see this movie get a 4 star review. I blind bought this from amazon, and I started to get a little worried when I saw ign.com gave the movie a 4 out of 10.

I trust Kenneth's reviews much more than anybody from IGN though, so now I can't wait to watch this tomorrow

[Emoney7]

i'm really sad i didn't see it in the theaters, cuz then I woulda known to just buy it!!!

This flick snuck up on me wasn't expecting much, but it's a great flick. I am way glad to see Jason Statham back in form. Don't listen to IGN they have tthe worst reviews ever.

Deffinetly check out the special feature on the actual robbery, made it all that much better.

As for the VQ, I don't know but this looked pretty damn good on my set, detail is the biggest thing, you can make out almost everything in every frame, I honestly thought it would be getting a 4.5 rating, but I guess I'm no expert so what do i know...

AQ was excellent as well, really wish I just Blind bought this one.....

[taygan315]

Think I am going to blind buy this one. Those positive ratings sold me.

[BambooLounge]

Originally Posted by Son of Odin

this movie reminds me alot of the heist with gene hackman.

This movie should remind people of a lot of various heist films, since it is pretty much more of the same as far as the heist genre is concerned. This is actually the worst film I saw in theaters in 2008. I'm fairly selective about what I go to see in theaters and this was one of those "I want to see a movie come hell or high water films that just happened to be playing at the right time. Although, I gave this move a 4 as well, albeit it was a 4 out of 10(IMDb) after seeing it. As a genre piece it is pretty fun, but contrary to what the reviewer here wrote, it does not add anything to said genre. Watch any heist film from Un Flic and Big Deal on Madonna Street to Small Time Crooks and Locked, Stocked, and Two Smoking Barrells and you will notice things that appear in Bank Job.

Originally Posted by Kenneth S. Brown

‘The Bank Job’ isn’t merely a heist flick -- it’s a near-epic exploration of ‘70s London as well as one of the more surreal true stories a film has ever tried to tackle.

Not sure he watched the same film as I. "Merely a heist flick" is exactly what The Bank Job is and if "near-epic" means throwing a bunch of undeveloped characters (read: simple archetypes) in an underdeveloped, rushed story is what a "near-epic" is, then well, I guess so. But, I would say the film is better described as "near-mediocore."


That being said, if I come across a copy for free or a friend brings the blu-ray over I'll watch it once more (it is a nice entertainment, just not original or worth a purchase), but the more "snobish" film fans among you may want to rent before blind buying.

[Smilin Jack Ross]

BambooLounge:

Your review reminds me of what I thought of 16 Blocks. A movie that has a good cast, good script, is directed well enough, but does absolutely nothing new, and is as predictable as they come. But even though 16 Blocks was derivative, there was really nothing wrong with it, and so I enjoyed it for what it was worth.

I have The Bank Job sitting at home from Netflix, and I have a feeling I'll have a similar reaction to it. Entertaining, well made, well acted, but ultimately forgettable. But I hope I'm wrong.

[robertc88]

Difference of opinions on PQ scoring:

'Bank Job (2008)' -- pre-release buzz

I would not let the PQ score stop you from considering getting this! Many see it better than that!

[Texan1976]

Originally Posted by taygan315

Think I am going to blind buy this one. Those positive ratings sold me.

I saw it in the theater....Great movie! Definitely worthy of a blind buy. I'm picking it up this week, too.