Bellman and True

A fired computer programmer (Bernard Hill) has been hired by a gang of bank robbers to steal confidential computer information from his previous employer. The problem is, the information is encoded. He takes his son along with his payment and runs... Full review

This was a surprise for me, since I bought it for 99 cents at the local supermarket's video sale. Bernard Hill gives a fantastic performance, and the suspense was unbearable. The heist is great, as is the direction. I cannot believe... Full review

" Bellman and True," involving and thoroughly alarming, concerns the bond between a systems engineer and his alienated stepson -- a tie that grows stronger when these innocents are captured by a gang of bank robbers and forced to help with a heist. Bernard Hill, a fixture on BBC-TV, plays the hero Hiller, an electronics whiz with access to security information in one of England's biggest, busiest banks. ... Full Review

And Richard Loncraine's "Bellman and True" should become one of the genre's favorites. M aking money is such a rare act in tax-blighted, unemployment -heavy England, the bank-heist flick -- wish-fulfillment plain and simple -- has to be its favorite genre. ... Full Review