The Italian Job
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Movie Reviews of The Italian Job
Movie Review: Slick panoramic crime caper
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Italian Job" is a fast paced crime thriller is actioned packed with a excellent ensemble, a terrific musical score and some awesome cinematography especially when filmed in Venice and the Italian Alps. It suffers however from mostly pedestrian acting performances and often uneven plot.
Mark Wahlberg plays Charlie Croker, the mastermind of a elaborate heist in Venice of $35 million of gold bullion. His team is bolstered by his mentor and father figure John Bridger, a career thief played by Donald Sutherland. The brilliantly conceived plan goes off without a hitch however team member Steve played by Edward Norton decides to double cross Wahlberg. He kills Sutherland absconding with the gold and is convinced that he's also terminated the remainder of Wahlberg's crew.
The film then turns into a tale of retribution as Wahlberg who does little more than flex and smile recruits Charlize Theron, Sutherland's daughter Stella who is a high tech security expert and safecracker, to join his crew. Even the talented Norton fails to deliver a notworthy acting performance and computer geek Lyle played by Seth Green steals the show with his performance.
The action including an excellent car chase scene featuring a trio of Mini Coopers roaring through gridlocked Los Angeles streets is unrelenting. The plot suffers from a lack of imagination when the scheme to recover the loot from the villainous Norton utilizes the same mechanism used in the original theft.
Movie Review: 'Italian' Hottie
Summary: 5 Stars
In this movie we get to see more of Marks great driving skills!!!! *check out some of the special features...theres an interview where he talks about his driving....Mark fans....its worth every penny!!!!*
I can't wait for the next movie....its coming!!!!!
Movie Review: Love Those Minis
Summary: 4 Stars
Great action flick with entertaining story line. I bought the movie because of the fantastic driving scenes and special features with the Mini Coopers - and to accompany my wife's new Mini Cooper. Would highly recommend to both Mini and non Mimi auto owners. Just watched the "Original" version of The Italian Job (About 1969 with Michael Caine)last night and enjoyed the new "Mark Wahlberg in Los Angeles" version much more.
Movie Review: Widescreen
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very happy to have found this movie in good condition and in widescreen.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.