A fun movie with great action!

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2004)

Rated PG-13 for Violence and Some Language
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton and Seth Green
Gerne: Action/Adventure/Thriller/Crime
Star Rating: ***** out of 5
The Italian Job is a remake of the 1969 comic caper with Michael Caine. This movie is about a group of robbers led by Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) who just made a successful robbery with his group my stealing these golden bricks. When they were just about to divide the shares out, one of the members of the group, Steve (Edward Norton) betrays the group and kills John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) who is the father of Stella Bridger (Charlize Theron) who is a master at picking locks and getting safes open. So then after Steve killed John, Charlie begins to set up a big plan to take down Steve. So then they create this huge traffic jam in downtown Los Angeles, CA to have them get away with the gold with the traffic light switching with the help of the computer-wiz Lyle (Seth Green). SPOILER WARNING: THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE 1969 VERSION! This movie also had some good funny parts to it like when Lyle was changing the traffic lights in the airport he stands up and yells and then the entire people in the airport look at him and then he says "I got the Holy Spirit." Also another funny part was in the end when they are showing the credits Lyle buys this big stero system that blows women's clothes off! My favorite part of the movie was the entire mini-cooper car chase and the part where Charlie is at the dinner table with Steve and says, "You don't know how hard it is for me to reach across this table and punch you!" and then Steve says "You blew the best thing you had going for you. You blew the element of surprise." and then Charlie punches him and says "Surprised?". This movie was half shot in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
BOTTOM LINE: A FUN MOVIE WITH GREAT THRILLS, ACTION AND HUMOR!