THE ITALIAN JOB (DIDIER BECU)

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2003)

A mini Cooper was a car with class and the typical British outlook made it perhaps the most cute car ever and I really got dissapointed the day I saw the new model as it just wasn't what it used to be. Do I need to say I had exactly the same feelings the day I saw this movie? The original movie was a very British one with Michael Caine doing his flawless British role but even if the director may pretend it's not a remake, we all know it is... Mind you this movie itself isn't so bad, I mean you can watch it till the end but at the end you just have one feeling : what have I done the last two hours? Watching a mediocre movie that is based on wasted talent (Charlize Theron and Edward Norton) and flashy cars in a style like "The fast and the furious". Good for kids who want nothing or for old men like me who wanna test their homecinema but this ain't of any cinematographic worth.