Daylight Robbery (Paris Leonti, 2008)

Geezers United like to rob a bank or two, no lie! All is not well when you find yourself wishing you were watching a Guy Ritchie underworld film instead of this, yet another piece of inept formula toss in the British heist genre that even has none of the saving quirks of Ritchie's codfather works. All the usual Laahndahn hooligan/gangster suspects are there, from Geoff Bell through Leo Gregory to Vas Blackwood, and sure enough director Leonti hits on the masterstroke of twinning the two by having the lads use the World Cup as a cover to bust a bank. There's no tension at all, the crew are wankers to a man where presumably cheeky chappies was the objective, and the robbery contains no feasible or inventive details whatsoever. At least The Bank Job was based on a true story. This just has the forces of law and order represented by Barry from EastEnders. Daylight robbery indeed.

3/10