Daylight Robbery (2008)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Paris Leonti

Writer:

Paris Leonti (writer)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Using the World Cup as their cover a group of England football supporters pull off the perfect crime, stealing millions of pounds from a London Exchange bank.

Plot:

Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank...

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Cash | Siege | Vault | Hostage

Cast

Xavier Anderson	...	SWAT man
Brodie Bass	...	Passport Control
Geoff Bell	...	Alex
Vas Blackwood	...	Lucky
Robert Boulter	...	Jay
Max Brown	...	Doctor
Clair Elsmore	...	Cashier
James Johnson Flint	...	Airline Captain
Antonio Gil	...	Bank Manager (as Antonio Gil Martinez)
Leo Gregory	...	Matty
Johnny Harris	...	Terry
Anya Lahiri	...	Check-In Girl
Laura Martin-Simpson	...	Shelly
Rhys Meredith	...	Assistant Police Chief
Tiffany Mulheron	...	Brunette
Emma Nettleton	...	TV Reporter
Paul Nicholls	...	Chubby
Shaun Parkes	...	Yardie
Justin Salinger	...	Norman
Del Synnott	...	The Suit
Shaun Williamson	...	Police Chief

Runtime:

99 min | Germany:92 min (European Film Market)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Cheapside, London, England, UK

Company:

Daylight Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, the pile of passports on the airport counter is neatly stacked from one viewpoint. Then, in the next scene, the passports are in disarray. The scene changes half a dozen times while the guys are talking to the receptionist, so the passports keep re-arranging themselves constantly.

Soundtrack:

Sabotage

A Crime Caper Hot On The Heels Of The Bank Job

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.