The Bank Job Blu-ray

The Bank Job

 (2008)

Crime | Thriller



A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Jason Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Saffron 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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Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Director: Roger Donaldson

The Bank Job Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


The Bank Job comes to Blu-ray in a 1080p, 2.35:1-framed transfer that isn't shiny and pristine, but instead presents an image that is true to the gloomy feel of the movie. Although some of the film appears soft, it seems to be intentionally so, setting the mood of the film and the era in which it takes place. Blacks levels are deep and inky and I noted no apparent crushing. Flesh tones often take on an orange tint, but most of the time the issue seems the result of the lighting of the room rather than any issue with the transfer. Detail is only moderate and many scenes feature low lighting and soft edges. The various neon signs on streets and the bricks on façades under them do look very good. The detail improves in better-lit scenes, but as a general rule, the film is mostly devoid of the finest of detail in favor of a soft, somewhat drab, lifeless picture that reveals little in the way of clarity or definition. In general, colors are drab and lifeless. The bleak, scary, unscrupulous nature of the movie lends itself well to a transfer of this style, and what we see here seems to be what the director intended.

The Bank Job Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


The Bank Job pulls no punches on Blu-ray, receiving Lionsgate's tried-and-true DTS-HD MA 7.1 lossless audio treatment. The studio has done it again with a fantastic presentation that is cinematic in its reproduction and truly makes the phrase "home theater" live up to its name. This is an excellent production with fabulous surround activity, encompassing everything from the score to the atmospherics to the action. The viewer is continually encircled for the duration of the film for a wonderful 360-degree listen. Various classic hits play in clubs and over the film with a wonderful presence. The live band performing at a wedding in chapter three provides a highly realistic presentation. The sound is slightly distorted but comes through as it might in real life, which is what I listen for in instances such as this one. The ear-piercing reverberations of the jackhammer digging into the ground is felt throughout the listening area, and it made my skin crawl with its fingernails-on-chalkboard sound, making me shiver throughout parts of the movie, definitely a new experience for me. Blowtorches and other equipment also create a rumble in the track. Bass, as you might expect from these descriptions, is always palpable and ready to shake the media room with some of the finer lows I've yet experienced. Dialogue is crisp and natural, especially important for audiences not used to the thick British accents heard throughout the film. The Bank Job doesn't shortchange Blu-ray listeners, and it oftentimes puts your sound system through its paces and to its limits.

The Bank Job Blu-ray, News and Updates

• Today on Blu-ray - July 15th, 2008 - July 15, 2008


• Lionsgate Announces The Bank Job - April 18, 2008

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