The Italian Job

Rating: 5/10 (21 January 2008)

I was expecting this remake of a British classic to be a pretty boring or rubbish film, but it actually was okay. It may have the three minis (red, blue and white coloured), and it may still be a robbery of gold in Italy, but it is a completely different story. Basically Charlie Croker (Planet of the Apes' Mark Wahlberg) leads a team of expert thieves pull off a daring heist of 35 million dollars in gold, but Steve (Edward Norton, as an agreeably one dimensional villain) betrays the team and gets away with it. A year later, Charlie reunites the team to pull off a bigger job in Venice, Italy, this time obviously using the three minis, some traffic light access, and some explosives. Starring Charlize Theron as Stella Bridger, Seth Green as Lyle, The Transporter's Jason Statham as Handsome Rob, Mos Def as Left Ear, Saw II's Franky G as Wrench, Home Alone 3's Olek Krupa as Mashkov and a very brief Donald Sutherland as John Bridger. To be honest, it is only interesting for the cast of well known stars, the opening and concluding robberies, the big chase, and that's it, and it didn't have a cliffhanger ending, literally, at all, but it is still quite a fun film. Worth watching!