The Italian Job
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Movie Reviews of The Italian Job
Movie Review: ..if you're a Mini Cooper fan...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a typical quirky comedy from the sixties! Some may like it, and some may not.
But, if you're a Mini Cooper fan, or merely a car enthusiast (the opening scene, with a Lamborghini Miura driving thru the italian Alps is awesome!), you have to see this film!
The Mini Coopers are the real stars in this film! The already mentioned Lamborghini Miura, a DB-4 Aston Martin, a Daimler, a couple of E-type Jaguars, and a bunch of late sixties italian cars such as Alfa Romeos and FIATs are the supporting stars!
This is undoubtedly a car enthusiast's film! A must for Mini Cooper lovers!
Movie Review: Classic heist movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This should be in everyones DVD collection, great all round movie with lost of stars!Movie Review: lousy
Summary: 1 Stars
Some movies age well. This isn't one of them. Too much focus on what studs the guys are, and what totally clueless sex objects the women are. It's not even fun to watch as a period piece. The version with Edward Norton, Mark Wahlberg, et al, is much tighter and smarter and a heck of a lot more fun to watch. Don't even rent this piece of junk.Movie Review: Come on...did they REALLY need to re-make this?
Summary: 4 Stars
It is true that original ideas in Hollywood are even rarer than lasting show-biz marriages, but the remake of the '60's British classic "The Italian Job" stands out as the glaring example of the industry trying to pass off flash and flair in the guise of eye-candy actors and high-tech special effects in place of the human elements of acting chemistry and film craftsmanship.
The 1969 version of "The Italian Job" succeeded on so many levels; it was a fantastic film that was well-indicative of its time (the afterglow of the sexual revolution as well as the London fashion boom seen recently only on a second-hand basis from the Austin Powers movies in addition to Ing-er-lund's winning of the 1966 World Cup, British hipsters could actually display the Union Jack and sing "Rule, Britannia", unthinkable for the UK apologists of today) as well as a crime caper with a decidely different twist to the wit of say, the Rat Pack version of "Ocean's 11". And the distinctly European take on the car chase already iconocized in Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" demonstrated by the use of the ORIGINAL bumper-to-bumper crumple zoned Mini Coopers as opposed to the full-throated Detoit muscle flexed by "Bullitt"'s Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang is ably accentuated by some of the best stunt driving seen in a generation among some of the most beautifully picturesque backdrops in the world.
This is an admittedly dated, though terrifically quirky and extremely fun movie to watch. It's a fine example of why Michael Caine was one of the most charming actors of his generation and another example of what a movie can be when given over to human inspiration and creativity as opposed to a cookie-cutter script handed over to an overzealous special effects department. Rent the Wahlberg/Theron/Norton remake if you must; it's a good enough example of the quick fix mentality that prevents anything new and original from succeeding in Hollywood today. But for an example of a wonderfully produced and well-filmed classic MOVIE, this one's worth adding to the serious film afficinado's collection.
Movie Review: A classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Forget the rotten remake, this is a classic caper
Excellent "cockney" Londoner acting, some inspired scripts and charming comedy moments
The English Mr Big in prison is cool
Great ending as well