Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2008 heist thriller film
called: The Bank Job. Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
In 1970, some incriminating photographs are taken of Princess Margaret. We then see London in 1971.
Some gangsters show up at Eddie’s garage and start smashing up his cars
because he owes money. Just as they leave, Martine arrives to offer him a proposition.
Three weeks previously, Tim, a civil servant, is in a lift with a girl named Gale.
At an MI5 briefing, Miles Urquart /ur·kaart/ briefs Tim and Philip about a guy named Michael
X who is a mafia boss. He has managed to avoid jail as he possesses the compromising photographs
of Princess Margaret. MI5 believe that the photographs are kept in a safety deposit box
in a Bank at Marylebone /MARLEY-BON/. Tim says that he will seize the safety deposit box
but Urquart /ur·kaart/ states that this will need to be sanctioned
at the highest level. He asks Tim to find a way so that they cannot be implicated.
Martine arrives back from Morocco and is stopped at the airport for smuggling banned substances.
She makes a call to Tim to help her. Martine meets with Terry and informs him that the
bank in Marylebon /MARLEY-BON/ is having its alarm system removed and updated so for one week they
will be vulnerable. She suggests that they get onto the vaults and take the safety deposit boxes.
Although Terry seems reticent, after he leaves, Martine goes across to the
bar and speaks with Tim. She seems to think that Terry will agree but she doesn’t notice
that Terry is still watching from the door. Michael is hosting a dinner party and Gale is
present. She has some fun with one of Michael's associates - Hakim.
Terry is at a club celebrating his friend Eddie’s stag do. He discusses the bank job
with his friends Kevin and Dave. Some corrupt policemen arrive and go to see
the owner - Vogel. They collect a bribe from him. He makes a note of the transaction in his ledger.
Meanwhile, at a studio, Lord Drysdale speaks with Urquart /ur·kaart/ before he starts his
session. He doesn’t know that Sonia - the owner - is secretly taking photographs.
Terry and his crew go to stake out the bank. Vogel is leaving as they arrive
and recognises Dave from a movie. They then meet in a vacant shop two doors down from the bank.
They plan to dig a tunnel through to the bank vault and enlist the help of Bambas who has prior
experience. Terry suggests the Major as someone suitable to sign the lease for the shop.
Terry tells his wife Wendy that he will be working strange hours over the next few weeks and
suggests that she takes the family and stays with her aunt.
Michael goes to see Vogel and asks him to look after his affairs
until he returns from Trinidad. Michael reveals that he has insurance against prosecution that he
keeps in the bank vault that Vogel recommended. At MI5, Tim assures Urquart /ur·kaart/ that
everything is under control. Philip asks what Gale is up to. Tim replies that she is working her way
into Michael’s inner sanctum. At a book signing, Gale reveals that she is going to Trinidad that
weekend with Hakim. Tim is also updated by Martine about how the enterprise is progressing.
The Major enters the shop. He doesn’t realize that they are being monitored by MI5 agents. In
the basement, they start to dig the tunnel. Later that evening, they are interrupted by a policeman
responding to complaints from the neighbors. Terry suggests calling Eddie to act as a lookout. Eddie
is given a radio and instructed to let them know if there is any suspicious activity.
The MI5 agents call Tim to inform him of the interruption by the local police.
Tim arrives late at night to take over surveillance from the MI5 agents. They
are instructed to watch the delivery entrance behind the shop. Eddie reports that Tim is
looking through the window but he soon moves away. Martine goes to meet Tim in the pub
and asks him to keep the police away but he says that it will draw attention.
Suddenly, Terry walks into the pub. Tim quickly leaves and Terry asks who that was. She says that
it was just someone trying to chat her up. Gale meets with Tim who instructs her to find
any copies of the photographs and negatives in Michael’s house, destroy them and get out.
Terry and Eddie’s conversation is overheard on the radio.
As they are digging the tunnel, Terry suddenly falls through into a tunnel beneath. They walk
along the tunnel a little further and realize that they could enter the bank from here. They break
through the floor of the vault and Terry tells Eddie that they are in. They decide to take a
break before entering to let the dust settle. The radio operator records the transmission
and calls the police. Detective Roy Given responds and they continue to listen to try
to establish the location of the criminals. In the vault, the safety deposit boxes are opened
and raided for the treasures. Terry is aware that Martine is fixated on a particular box
and checks inside. He recognises the incriminating photographs of
Princess Margaret and hides them away. Roy tries to flush out the criminals by
sending Ambulances to the banks and setting off their sirens. When the crooks mention the
disturbance on the radio then the police will know where they are. When a police car arrives outside,
Eddie mentions it over the radio but the police are still not sure of the location. The Bank
Manager arrives and goes with the police to check his vault. The vault is on a timer
and as there is no sign of entry the police leave satisfied that there is no break-in here.
Terry decides that they need to leave and tries to tell Eddie. However, Eddie has dropped the radio
off the building and cannot answer. Fortunately one of Roy’s ambulances is outside that bank
at that moment and doesn’t get mentioned. The group makes their way back to the shop
with their goods. A van drives out of the car park and the MI5 agents intercept it. However,
it is a decoy van and it is empty. The men leaves in a different van. They drive to a safe house
while Tim is admonished by Urquart /ur·kaart/ for losing control of the operation. Tim assures
him that Martine will contact him in time. The gang are busy dividing the spoils. They
stumble across pictures of the MPs taken by Sonia. Terry asks Martine about the pictures of Princess
Margaret. Martine explains how she got busted on a prohibited substance charge and she made a deal
with Tim. They are all angry that she never told them and think that they are in big trouble.
On Monday morning, Tim receives a call from Martine. She asks him why he didn’t tell her
what she was collecting. They arrange to meet at the underground station.
Philip is sent to the bank to take control of the situation. Sonia also goes there to
try to retrieve her pictures. Philip has all the police removed from the bank.
Vogel informs the corrupt policemen that his box has been stolen together with his ledger
book containing every payment and name that he has ever made. He suggests that they find the contents
before his honest colleagues do. Vogel calls Michael to tell him of the robbery.
At the Underground station, Terry approaches Tim. He demands indemnity for his whole members or they
will give the MPs pictures to the Press. Tim takes an example to Urquart /ur·kaart/ who is shaken
but Philip reminds them that their sole mission is to recover the pictures of Princess Margaret.
Vogel is watching Dave’s movie and tells the corrupt policemen that he thought Dave was acting
suspiciously outside the bank. Dave is apprehended by the policemen and interrogated by Vogel. Vogel
asks where his box is and threatens Dave to reveal the location of the safe house. By the time the
police get there, everything is gone. The police then go to Martine’s flat where MI5 have already
arrived and pull rank on them. The police then go to Terry’s garage and take Eddie - leaving
a phone number with the receptionist. Vogel calls Michael and tells him what
he has learnt from his captives. Michael demands that Vogel retrieve his pictures
before hanging up the phone. Michael then finds Gale going through his desk.
Sonia visits Drysdale and tells him that she had compromising photographs of her regulars
in the safety deposit box. He is really angry with her indiscretion.
Terry calls Vogel who demands the return of his ledger and the photographs. He puts Eddie on the
phone who begs for their help. Terry says to tell him that they don’t have his ledger
but in response they shoot Dave in the head. Vogel gives them 1 hour or they will kill Eddie as well.
Terry rechecks the loot and finds Vogel’s ledger book - marked payments to Officers. Terry decides
to return the book and photographs to Vogel. Drysdale comes to see Urquart /ur·kaart/ and
tells him about the problem. Urquart assures him that everything is under control. Meanwhile
Bambas and the Major are murdered. Terry calls Vogel and calls his bluff by
telling him that he might send the ledgers and the photos to the police. Instead, he arranges to meet
Vogel at Paddington station at 11am the following day to exchange his ledgers for Eddie.
Tim is waiting at the Underground station for Terry who passes him some passport photos to
produce new IDs. Tim says that Lord Mountbatten will hand over their new passports and documents
at Paddington Station at 11am tomorrow in exchange for the royal photographs. Terry explains that
there are also some local villains involved but Tim says that it is Terry’s problem.
Michael asks to see Gale in the garden. He accuses her of being a spy and has her murdered.
Martine checks the paper for the name of the detective in charge of investigating the robbery.
They find that Roy’s name doesn’t appear on Vogel’s ledger so they assume that he is straight
and decide to give the ledger of names to him. Kevin goes to give him one of the pages
and instructs him to be at Paddington Station at 11am to retrieve the rest of the book.
Terry and Martine arrive at Paddington. Martine goes to see Tim. The corrupt policemen
take Eddie to meet with Terry, followed by Vogel. At the last minute, they are spooked
as they see the MI5 agents nearby. Philip suddenly arrives with Lord Mountbatten
and Terry exchanges the Royal photographs for new identification documents. He then chases after
the others, kicks Vogel to the ground and then fights with the corrupt policemen, saving Eddie.
Roy arrives with the police and arrests Terry, Eddie and Vogel. Roy then speaks with Tim
and Philip and then goes to arrest the corrupt policemen.
Terry and Eddie are released and Terry hands over Vogel’s ledger book. Tim threatens Terry
that should any “momentos of the event” see the light of day then they will find him.
Some time later, Tim arrives in Trinidad to arrest Michael on suspicion of importing banned
substances into the UK. He asks about Gale’s whereabouts but Michael says that she left.
Tim is saddened when he finds her body and orders the house to be burned down.
A memorial is held for Dave. Terry takes his family abroad where they start a new life.
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