A gang plans to steal millions in cash from a London bank before it's incinerated. Using a World Cup trip as cover, they ram-raid the bank but end up with hostages and police outside. Time's... Read allA gang plans to steal millions in cash from a London bank before it's incinerated. Using a World Cup trip as cover, they ram-raid the bank but end up with hostages and police outside. Time's tight with their flight leaving soon.A gang plans to steal millions in cash from a London bank before it's incinerated. Using a World Cup trip as cover, they ram-raid the bank but end up with hostages and police outside. Time's tight with their flight leaving soon.
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There is a fine tradition of British gangster and bank robbery films- this does not add to that tradition. Low budget can be good. Limited claustrophobic locations , good writing and fine acting can do an awful lot. Here they contribute nothing. There is a lot of shouting, a lot of swearing, no humour, no sense of character identity, just a whole load of characters that you want caught as soon as possible, not because you care, but because you want the film to end.
Director and writer Paris Leonti has nothing to say, the direction is laborious, the scenes derivative, the dialogue risible. Shaun Williamson is ludicrously miscast as the Policeman in charge of facing down the robbery. He makes no attempt whatsoever to give the role any character, he plays it as Fat Barry from East Enders, he can't be bothered, and that transmits itself to the audience.
The plot is hopeless, the stocking masks totally ineffective, the Police response wholly unbelievable. Some of the lines are off the scale of cringe worthy. Tiffany Mulheron offers some brief moments of respite as an attractive hostage, and that is about as good as it gets. Avoid at all costs. On no account pay money to see this . If it is available free of charge – do something else with your valuable time.
Director and writer Paris Leonti has nothing to say, the direction is laborious, the scenes derivative, the dialogue risible. Shaun Williamson is ludicrously miscast as the Policeman in charge of facing down the robbery. He makes no attempt whatsoever to give the role any character, he plays it as Fat Barry from East Enders, he can't be bothered, and that transmits itself to the audience.
The plot is hopeless, the stocking masks totally ineffective, the Police response wholly unbelievable. Some of the lines are off the scale of cringe worthy. Tiffany Mulheron offers some brief moments of respite as an attractive hostage, and that is about as good as it gets. Avoid at all costs. On no account pay money to see this . If it is available free of charge – do something else with your valuable time.
Great! The opposite of what I thought it would be, and all the better for it! The presence of Vas Blackwood and the robbery theme made me think it might be the rumpled spawn of Lock, Stock, but don't let this throw you.
Daylight Robbery is a different beast altogether.
Instead of convoluted, contrived plot and cheap laughs, Leonti keeps it real and lets us go along for the ride with real, non sensational, believable characters.
A brave, distinctive movie about what it's probably really like to rob a bank.
Daylight Robbery is a different beast altogether.
Instead of convoluted, contrived plot and cheap laughs, Leonti keeps it real and lets us go along for the ride with real, non sensational, believable characters.
A brave, distinctive movie about what it's probably really like to rob a bank.
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.
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.
I think the fact that this movie is already on television for free says it all really. All or nearly all of the positive reviews are written by shills.
This movie is dire, you find yourself waiting a long time for things to happen which never arrive, the acting was weak, awful in some parts. The heist itself was not clever or well executed, and basically took an hour to show what could have been done in five or ten minutes. I can't comment on the ending because i turned it off and went to sleep. Really.
Avoid at all costs, I like rubbish low budget British movies but this really really isn't worth it.
This movie is dire, you find yourself waiting a long time for things to happen which never arrive, the acting was weak, awful in some parts. The heist itself was not clever or well executed, and basically took an hour to show what could have been done in five or ten minutes. I can't comment on the ending because i turned it off and went to sleep. Really.
Avoid at all costs, I like rubbish low budget British movies but this really really isn't worth it.
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*
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*
Did you know
- Trivia£70 Mio in new £20 notes would weigh nearly four tonnes, and have a volume of 525l. But the banknotes stolen are old notes, scheduled for destruction, and so would have picked up grease, sweat and dirt during their five-year lifespan, with a consequent increase in their weight and bulk.
- GoofsWhen the Daihatsu van reverses through the front doors of the bank, an occupant is thrown through the rear window. Looking at the shards of glass left in the window frame, it is clear that plate glass was in the rear window as the shards are too large. All vehicles have toughened or laminated glass for safety. Toughened glass breaks into tiny fragments and laminated glass comes out in one piece. The sound of glass breaking on the tiled floor also suggests plate glass.
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Written by P. Fowler / D. O'Gorman / A. Oury
Performed by BC400
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- Le braquage du siècle
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- $2,629
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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