The Italian Job

I'd been told to watch The Italian Job already several times, but from the day on it was released I thought it wasn't my kind of movie. Though now I finally watched it anyway, and it's not a bad movie, just not my thing for real. I'm not into action, and in the beginning I thought this was just another James Bond, of which I've seen way too many already. When Donald Sutherland then suddenly got killed I was quite surprised and thought - they didn't just kill Donald, did they? I mean, how can you kill such an actor?! But I have to admit, when Donald was gone the movie finally got better. It includes quite some funny scenes, it's filled up with black humor, and there actually is tension in it. One funny scene was when they watched the murderer of Donald at night and one of them said: "So what does a man with 35 million dollars worth of gold do at night... [millionaire switches huge huge TV on] he watches his big ass TV." That scene just gave me a laugh that moment. Though what I thought was kind of stupid were those Mini Coopers they drove in that movie. I bet they made some bucks promoting the Mini Coopers, though I always find it annoying when it's so obvious that a movie is one big commercial. But all in all, it's watchable if you like action and suspense.

Watch TRAILERS at IMDb.

SYNOPSIS taken from Rotten Tomatoes:

The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang — inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) — can't believe it when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Now the job isn't about the payoff, it's about payback!

Article Author: Michelle Mauriere

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