This is the heist scenario. You know, the big idea, the round up of talented villains, the trials and tribulations of the heist, followed by the spend, spend, spend.

The man who invented it didn't want it. The man who bought it didn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it? The answer to the riddle posed by Brian Reader (Larry Lamb) in the tense pub stand off with a group of youngsters I will leave to you.

In this based on fact robbery story, a mystery shopper (Matthew Goode) recruits four ageing criminals to break into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company premises over Easter 2015. They not only steal multi million pounds in cash and jewels but also a much sought after box implicating a certain ex-CID policeman.

The heist is organised by an Eastern European crime family which obtains the required multi million pound jewel swag then melts into the background.

The Mystery Shopper escapes, but the older criminals allow themselves to be caught.

This is a slow retelling of the now famous robbery, with some anachronisms regarding the cars used in the film. Also, the shape of the hole changes, and never matches the real one as shown in the news footage of the day. There are obvious mistakes in the use of the break-in equipment.

I now know why my wheelie bins were stolen a few months back. They make convenient carriers for tools and loot on such escapades.

A pleasant tale told for the armchair criminologists. It lacks detail for the keen observer.

But this movie just didn't deliver the goods, the goods were in the hands of the thieves and stayed there.

I love cockney acting , I love the realism of the pub scenes and the back kitchens of the homes. All of this is set up in the opening couple of minutes and you're settling into your chair in anticipation of a great movie telling a great story.

It had some funny moments I must say, but there wasn't much in the way of character development and I was left with the feeling that the whole crew lost interest half way through.

The sub plots could have been developed a bit more, but again the Director didn't seem to care about explaining them to the audience and to be honest I didn't quite understand what they were about ( although I did walk away for five minutes to make myself a sandwich). My understanding wasn't any clearer by the end of the movie which meant I had to search through the internet to clarify what went on. That's not a good way to tell a story on the screen.

A successful caper like cleaning out a safety deposit box vault should translate into a thrilling movie but although these guys pulled the job off, the translators weren't able to pull it off with the final product.

THE HATTON GARDEN JOB is the second of three filmed versions of the infamous British bank vault robbery that occurred a few years back. The first, HATTON GARDEN: THE HEIST, was absolutely diabolical so this is definitely better than that, although it's still hardly great. The film is average at best, featuring some talented actors in a tale which goes through the motions without ever coming across as particularly thrilling or suspenseful. You need to go back to the 1970s for likeable features such as this, namely the likes of SEWERS OF GOLD.