The Hatton Garden Job is out today on Blu-ray and DVD, over the weekend we got the chance to check out the Blu-ray of the film that is based on the robbery back in 2015.
This British heist film starring Larry Lamb, Matthew Goode, Phil Daniels, David Calder, Clive Russell, Steven Moyer and Joely Richardson is a move that I’d been looking forward to seeing ever since I first saw the trailer for the cinema release of the film.
With an all-star cast, it was interesting to see how another version of The Hatton Garden Job would work in a movie rather than a TV dramatisation.
Based on the remarkable true story and set over one long Easter weekend; The Hatton Garden Job follows four ageing East End criminals, led by 76-year-old Brian Reader and one mystery man who pull off the largest heist in English legal history. With everyone from the Hungarian mob to Scotland Yard on their tail, these old-school – and just plain old – villains set about achieving the seemingly impossible, drilling into a steel-and-concrete secured safety deposit vault in London’s well-to-do Hatton Garden jewellery quarter. But will they commit the crime of the century or pay with their lives?
With everyone from the Hungarian mob to Scotland Yard on their tail, these old-school – and just plain old – villains set about achieving the seemingly impossible, drilling into a steel-and-concrete secured safety deposit vault in London’s well-to-do Hatton Garden jewellery quarter. But will they commit the crime of the century or pay with their lives?
Starring Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, TV’s Downton Abbey), Larry Lamb (TV’s EastEnders, Gavin & Stacey), Phil Daniels (TV’s EastEnders, Quadrophenia, Vinyl), Mark Harris (Riot, Anuvahood), Joely Richardson (Snowden, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), David Calder (Rush, The Lady In The Van), Clive Russell (TV’s Game Of Thrones, Ripper Street) and Stephen Moyer (Concussion, TV’s True Blood).
The Blu-ray release of the film looks fresh, the sound is used really well, with a good soundtrack and some nicely done sound effects, such as the scenes with the crew drilling in the vault. It’s a film that isn’t full of action, but then again you wouldn’t really expect it with the content of the storyline.
My problem with the film is that the bank-robbing pensioners seem a little soft and with the introduction of the mysterious XXX and Joely Richardson as the Hungarian mob boss Erzebet Zslondos, who seems to have seems to be the original mastermind behind the idea to rob the diamond vault in Hatton Garden, just didn’t seem to work for me.
I did find myself losing interest in the last quarter of the film as they spent so much time in the vault cutting through the wall to get to the diamonds etc, the film just seemed to miss something that would keep my attention!
The Hatton Garden Job is an interesting subject, but the film just falls short of being something that keeps the interest levels high enough.
Movie title: The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
Movie description: Can 4 elderly men do the largest burglary in English history, in the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company with an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, with a value of up to £200 million.
Date published: April 14, 2017
Country: UK
Duration: 1h 34m
Director(s): Ronnie Thompson
Actor(s): Matthew Goode, Phil Daniels, Larry Lamb
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Summary
The Hatton Garden Job is an interesting subject, but the film just falls short of being something that keeps the interest levels high enough.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
