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The Italian Job
Release
Date: May 30, 2003 (rerelease: August 29)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: F. Gary Gray
Screenwriter: Donna Powers, Wayne Powers
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Mos Def, Franky
G, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Donald Sutherland
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence and some language)
Official Website: TheItalianJobmovie.com
Plot
Summary: A remake of the 1969 Paramount
release of the same name that starred Michael Caine and Benny Hill. The new
version, a reinvention of the action-oriented heist movie, will be set in Italy
and Los Angeles. It stars Mark Wahlberg as Charlie, the head of a robbery crew
that stages a traffic jam in order to steal back a safe filled with gold that
had been stolen by a double-crossing associate (Norton). Sutherland will play
the pivotal role of Charlie's mentor and father to Charlie's love interest,
Stella (Theron). Green will play Lyle, a computer whiz who is part of Charlie's
crew. Franky G. and Mos Def also star as members of the crew.
Reviewed by Peter Veugelaers © 2003
- Who said they don't make 'em like they used to?
The Italian Job is Oceans 11 reinvented. Style,
story and subject matter reflect Steven Sodenbergh’s 2001 heist remake from
the 1960’s; The Italian Job is another remake from the 60’s and both
add technological panache to the earlier efforts.....more
Reviewed by Mike Thompson © 2003
- Take a pot shot but be warned.
We have a heist movie here that would be ordinary, but it brings something
new to the mix... a revenge heist. Director, F. Gary Gray (A Man Apart, The
Negotiator) brings us a blockbuster action/heist movie that gets all those
summer viewers excited to go to the theatre with The Italian Job. Yet you
can still tell that summer blockbuster is all he was going for....more
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