The Italian Job [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of The Italian Job [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: High-Octane Heist
Summary: 4 Stars
THE ITALIAN JOB is billed as a remake of a popular Michael Caine movie from 1969, but it is so highly inventive in most aspects that it's really more of an original. The movies still occupies itself with a daring robbery of gold bricks involving managing traffic and the use of mini-Coopers, and some of the characters even have the same names as the first movie. However, the remake is a definite thriller that is guaranteed to stoke the adrenaline levels of watchers everywhere.
Mark Wahlberg stars as Charlie Croker. Donald Sutherland plays John Bridger, his criminal mastermind mentor. It's this relationship, along with Charlize Theron as his estranged daughter Stella, that really drives the movies. Edward Norton plays the bad guy, while Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def, and Franky G round out the crew.
The movie opens with a fantastic bit that establishes the relationship between Croker and Bridger, then moves smoothly into an action riff that eats up screen footage and shows off Venice and the canals. After a double-cross in the Swiss Alps, the movie skips ahead a year and introduces us to Stella Bridger. Stella makes her living as a professional safecracker who uses her powers for good. Charlie talks to her, telling her they've finally tracked down the man who killed her father, and he offers her a place on the team to get revenge.
From that point on, the movie sprints forward into a rapid-fire game of cat and mouse between our heroes and the bad guy. It plays out like a chess battle, but accelerated to tire-screeching hairpin twists and turns.
The Blu-ray edition of the movies is awesome. The video content is so clear in Venice that you'll swear you're on the canals yourself. Director F. Gary Gray's pacing and shots are designed to thrill, and they do. The picture is absolutely stunning. The audio quality is pretty amazing as well, but the studio opted for the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound effect instead of going all out for uncompressed sound.
The bottom line is that you do get a much better picture with the high-def version on a high-def monitor, but the sound could have been better. You won't be upgrading your sound, but purchasing the disc will definitely upgrade your video presentation. The special features included on the disc have already been packaged, so they don't add anything new.
Movie Review: Great Movie, Not a Great Blu-Ray
Summary: 4 Stars
The Blu-Ray version of this movie is disappointing, while the movie itself is incredible. The story, acting, etc. are all very good, and keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. However, having just recently picked up the Blu-Ray release, I would advise to stay clear until it is re-released.
At many points in the movie, there is a lot of visible grain, a result of over-sharpening of the picture in the transfer. Furthermore, the audio quality is only lossy Dolby Digital, instead of the DTS promised on the exterior of the box. If you aren't a videophile or audiophile this disk may prove just fine, and an enjoyable Blu-Ray experience. However, if picture and audio quality are extremely important to you, I'd advise you to wait until a re-release.
Movie Review: Mi first movie in HD
Summary: 4 Stars
Hi, everybody i saw the movie with my girlfriend and it was perfect,
We love the story and the color of the minis stunning.
We recomended this movie by far.
Movie Review: for the blu-ray not the movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I've already given this movie a 4 star rating with the regular DVD review so the 3 star is for the blu-ray transfer.This is probly the worst movie I've seen on blu-ray so far that was made in the past 10 years.The video is only slightly,slightly better than DVD and thats just becouse the colors are a tad bit more vibrant.The sound is standard 5.1,no uncompressed or TruHD.Maybe if this is the first time your buying this movie get the blu-ray but if you have the DVD I would suggest stay with that.Movie Review: Poor Video Port
Summary: 3 Stars
The video quality is sub par compared to other titles. The DVD port is much better with no digital artifacts. I guess they were in too big a hurry to release this great action flick. The digital artifacts at low light level are terrible. I borrowed a friends copy and they were both the same. Movie is as good as ever despite the poor video quality. Motion artifact on the DVD are eliminated on the Blu-Ray version.