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The Italian Job (2003)

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Reviews Counted:173

Fresh:126

Rotten:47

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: Lacks the wit of the original, but it's still a fun ride.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $105,996,316

Synopsis: The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew.... The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang -- inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) -- can't believe it when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Now the job isn't about the payoff, it's about payback!

Enter Stella (Charlize Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker, who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold by tapping into Los Angeles' traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in L.A. history!

A contemporary update of Paramount's 1969 classic, "The Italian Job" features the ever-popular MINI Cooper in state-of-the-art chase scenes down Hollywood's Walk of Fame, through the Metro Rail tunnels and down narrow escape routes only the MINI can go. Full of twists, turns and exciting stunts with armored cars, motorcycles and helicopters, this action-packed thrill-ride takes audiences on wild curves they'll never see coming. -- © Paramount Pictures [More]

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Mos Def

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Mos Def, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Donald Sutherland, Franky G.

Director: F. Gary Gray

Director: F. Gary Gray
Screenwriter: Donna Powers, Wayne Powers
Producer: Donald De Line
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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10/18/08
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N/R

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08/22/03
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Good job.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
08/19/03
Mark Adnum
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06/15/03
Garth Franklin
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It is in Gray's spirited execution that such by-the-book formula makes for a brisk, slick entertainment hits the summer movie spot.

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01/09/10
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

This one offers some agreeably mindless fun in which the villains (including Norton) are truly villainous, the payback is satisfying in a purely infantile way, and the familiarity of everything is oddly comforting.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/06/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Gary Gray's version is tauter, better made but insufficiently idiosyncratic to attract a cult following.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
05/06/08
Philip French
Philip French
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12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

A passable time-waster ... directed with some grace and snap.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/24/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Itresembles a film made up on the fly. The cast, too, are strictly cut from comic books. Don't expect any unconventional endings either.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Heist movies seem pretty quaint and analog in our era where high stakes crime is primarily electronic in nature. But until someone can make embezzlement cinematically interesting, we’re left with theft and this movie just gets away with it.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Robert Learner
Robert Learner
Film Threat

Gray does a solid enough job behind the camera, although it's clear he feels more at home directing the action sequences than the quieter moments.

Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | comment Comment
03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

Surprisingly gratifying ... In a summer full of computer-generated, nu-metal-accompanied kicks to the midsection, this may be the closest you'll get to drawing room grace.

Full Review Source: Portland Mercury | comment Comment
01/21/05
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
Portland Mercury

Cette production estivale est divertissante l’espace d’un instant si l’on ne cherche pas à en trouver les moindres défauts.

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12/16/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama

This is escapist fare that doesn’t pretend to be Shakespeare. For what it purports to be, I found it entertaining.

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

This unglamorous approach has the odd effect of making them seem more glamorous -- we’re free to soak up their star quality because there’s no hard sell to fight off.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/04
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine

A light caper movie, with heavy emphasis on the word 'light' -- light plot, light action, light violence, light sex, light humor, light acting.

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03/02/04
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
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11/06/03
Ed Colley
Ed Colley
Future Movies UK

... workmanlike heist flick with some funny lines and some good (if brief) chases ...

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
10/28/03
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette
 
 
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