The Italian Job
2003 Directed by F. Gary Gray
Synopsis
Get in. Get out. Get even.
After Charlie and his crew pull off a picture perfect heist of tens of millions of dollars worth of gold in Venice, Italy they must overcome the betrayal of one of their own who in turn kills another teammate to reclaim their ill-gotten gains in yet another high tech heist.
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Re-watched. I love movies with action and snappy, funny dialogue and this has a good dose of both including great car chases that make you want to drive a mini-coopers irresponsibly. I enjoyed each actor and Edward Norton stands out with his obnoxious stache. Just a fun caper movie I can watch again and again.
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Just read my review for Ocean's Eleven since this is essentially the exact same film.
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There should be an entire franchise of buddy heist movies starring Jason Statham and Mos Def.
Ed Norton's mustache should have it's own TV series.
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My girlfriend just watched this for the first time and she called it 'plain', I think she was spot on. The Italian Job does nothing new, you've seen this film a dozen times, but it is the cast and brisk pace that makes this more entertaining than most.
Sidenote: surely one of John Powell's best scores? Not as good as How to Train a Dragon, but he took everything he learnt from Bourne Identity and added to it. It really adds to this films excitement for me.
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While Charlize is the only one getting any acting done, the rest is along to make a guilty pleasure piece of flawed enjoyability...
It's not stylish like they did in the good ol' days or action-heavy like they usually do in this day and age, but a simple story where the heists and plannings always are in focus.
It's not spectacular in any way, and yet I always seem to enjoy my time with the Croker-crew. On the positives I'll have to give cred for the ideas behind more than the execution of the final heist, the Coopers is enjoyable, and Charlize does look great...
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It's a bit fun, but it seems stodgy, dated and not quite as cool as it thinks it is. While I had a bit of fun re-watching this one, the "heist" scene doesn't nearly seem as fun or adventurous as I first remember. Best stick to the original...
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A great cast of people who all went on to become even cooler. I will always love the Italian Job. Fun fact: After days of training to do their own stunt driving, the entire cast supposedly agreed that Charlize Theron was far and away the best driver of them all.
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A soulless 2-hour music montage.
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There should be an entire franchise of buddy heist movies starring Jason Statham and Mos Def.
Ed Norton's mustache should have it's own TV series.
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Lighthearted and entertaining enough to achieve what it sets out to do. Nothing offensive by way of acting or storytelling (besides some standard groan-worthy expository writing) but nothing too fantastic either. Norton was easily believable as an asshole. Wish I could believe Wahlberg as a criminal mastermind.
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For once, a remake that's better than the original. You almost have to be British to appreciate the original.
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A fun heist movie with good actors.
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My girlfriend just watched this for the first time and she called it 'plain', I think she was spot on. The Italian Job does nothing new, you've seen this film a dozen times, but it is the cast and brisk pace that makes this more entertaining than most.
Sidenote: surely one of John Powell's best scores? Not as good as How to Train a Dragon, but he took everything he learnt from Bourne Identity and added to it. It really adds to this films excitement for me.
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Not as good as the original, no, but with this cast it is definitely enjoyable. Very solid.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.