Not as bad as I wanted it to be. (spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2003)

Can someone tell me how exactly marky mark still gets work? I've heard of wooden, but this guy is a wardrobe!
I must admit though that as a stiff-assed Brit who prays regularly at the altar of 'Job', I was pleasantly surprised by this 're-imagining'. I've been a fan for F Gary Gray since Set it Off and kind of hoped he would be able to do something with the material, and it was quite imprerssive... in places.
I feel it would have been a better idea to make Jason Statham the gang leader and incorporate his role with Wahlberg's. Statham is quite a good (untrained) actor who can pull off a fast-talking chancer role very well (check out Lock, Stock and Snatch), so why waste him such a such small role?
And for all the talk of Norton's unhappiness with the project (contracts, no publicity blah blah blah) I thought he gave one of the sleaziest performances I've ever seen. He acted the Funky Bunch reject off the screen without even trying!
To my fellow Brits... don't be scared. It doesn't sully the rep of the original. I enjoyed it, I forgot about it and I went home and watched The Italian Job. As it should be.
Now hold on lads... I've got a great idea...