Daylight Robbery (2008)

Simply A Masterpiece

Good concept, poorly executed.

Crappy film

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Forget, if you can, the fact that the 'f' word is used every other word (and then some) and that the writing is abysmal - well OK, you can't; it is that dreadful. The writers seem to have tried to make a film based on their 'ideas' of a bank robbery, it is heavily slanted in favour of the 'robbers' and the police are portrayed as soft (well this lot ARE dreadful) even helping the robbers along: Shaun Williamson's character (the Police CHIEF no less): "We want to help as much as we can" - puhlease!!! At the beginning of this mess (film) it takes ages for the sound of sirens after the alarm is raised; SO19 would have been there in the first few seconds of the alarm going off not fifteen minutes later!!! There is also a propensity for the robbers to tell their captives to take their clothes off, it is laughable and a sad excuse for a film. The warning they give out at the beginning of this movie 'This film contains bad language' should really say 'this film contains normal language' because there is so much foul language it is a total turn off, it is puerile rubbish from start to finish.The 'people' who wrote Daylight Robbery ought to be ashamed of this tripe, and I sincerely hope they are not allowed to present any more rubbish like this in the future.If you really want to see a bank robbery film watch the excellent 'The Bank Job' (2008) - a properly written, directed and acted film. No need bad language here, the writers are not lazy and actually have an imagination which does not include the 'f' word ALl the time.

Well I hate to say it but ever since the good old days of Trainspotting, Gangster Number 1, Lock Stock and Snatch there has been a high influx of crap spin off gangster movies flowing out of the UK.This indeed is another addition to to the ever growing 'shite movie' category. The most frustrating part of this film is that it is so very, very, very unrealistic.I'll give you a brief rundown of the scenario: It starts off with a group of lads arriving at the airport all going on a holiday to watch the footy (in Spain I think). They go to check in early, the lady at the desk tells them she cant really check them in so early but will make an exception this time (because one of them told her she looks like Angelina Jolie, yeah possibly if she had a head that resembled a boulder off the Great Wall of China and a pair of lips that make Leslie Ash's look minuscule), this leaves them just over an hour to go and watch the footy at the pub (so they tell her). In actual fact their plan is to leave the airport rob a bank by backing up their van through the banks front entrance and holding hostages. They do so with quite ease (although one of them gets injured upon impact), they spend about 20 mins of the so called one hour they have arguing about what the hell to do, plus one of the hostages grabs a gun and hold them up for more time. Police arrive on the seem and are just basically sat outside doing F.all no use of heat censoring scopes to see whats going on behind the curtained windows, no attempt to fire in some CS gas, no attempt to enter the bank from the roof and work their way down. No they believe its best to just sit and wait for the criminals to take their time pissing around in the lobby, taking their time to find the passage of escape. The vault contains a crap load of money, far more for than the amount of bags they were seen carrying in to the bank. They created a sort of underground tunnel beforehand so they could use a pulley to pull the bags of cash into a sort of warehouse place, which the movie likes to make you believe is several kilometers away but in actual fact the tunnel looks at most about 10 meters long. In the meantime the man down (the one injured on impact) nearly dies and requires a blood transfusion by a doctor who is brought in and takes pride in asking stupid bloody questions like 'Why do people like you do this' and this is 'Very wrong'. Did I mention that the man he's telling this to is a lunatic with a loaded shotgun?? Anyway, along the way the pulley gets shagged, the tunnel caves in however the last man stuck down there manages to dig himself free with his bare hands. There is a small twist at the end which I must admit was a little unexpected but none the less rather idiotic at the same time. They all manage to make it on the plane just in time while another one of them has the cash stored safely in a caravan.... let me mention for the final time THIS IS ALL DONE IN ONE HOUR. Not to mention the bollock load of evidence they left behind, such as blood, fingerprints and the tights they are wearing on their heads are pretty much useless as you can quite clearly see their faces.I'm not going to tell you whether you should watch this movie or not, I'm sure you will be able to make your own decision on that matter.Hope this helped, and thank you for reading.

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.

Firstly, as others have said, the premise is unconvincing, and this is most certainly NOT an Italian Job.That having been said, the film is an enjoyable British crime film, though not a Guy Ritchie bungling criminals caper at all - these characters are unpleasant, menacing and ruthless. The bungled start of the raid soon takes a dark twist.The actors are a collection of low budget cockneys - Del Synott and Shaun Parkes from Lock Stock (TV show), Vas (Rory Breaker) from Lock Stock (movie) and even Shaun Williamson from Eastenders (and an Extras victim).The scale and shape of the police operation is totally unrealistic, and Williamson does not have the presence to be the cop in charge. It all compares badly to Dog Day Afternoon, Inside Man, and The Bank Job.But never mind, I enjoyed it anyway, and the conclusion of the story, together with the manner in which it arrived, was unexpected (perhaps I was not concentrating).The opening of the final scene seems to be a nod to The Italian Job!