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This action packed movie has some adult content, but overall is an excellent movie for audiences over the age of 14.
The Italian Job
Director: F. Gary Gray
Author: Troy Kennedy-Martin and Donna Powers
Approx. Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 30, 2003
Reviewer Rating: 9 out of 10
Genre: Action Adventure
This movie brings masterminds of all kinds together to get one job done. Steal the gold of Venice, Italy! They have someone for all jobs: the explosives by Left Ear (played by Mos Def also from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ), the fast and excellent driving by Handsome Rob (Jason Statham also from The Pink Panther), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green also from Without a Paddle), house lock picker Steve (Edward Norton also from The Incredible Hulk), money safe lock picker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland also from Fool’s Gold), and a “head honcho” Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg also from Max Payne) to make everything run smooth. In Venice, they steal the gold, but one of their own teammates turn on them, and before you can say, “the cow jumped over the moon”, two thefts happens within twenty minutes. While stealing the gold, there happens to be the tragic death of John Bridger. This results in the rest of the team laying low for a while, but plotting how to get the gold back from Steve. The old team of masterminds get together and recruit John Bridger’s daughter Stella (Charlize Theron also from Hancock), who inherited the lock picking trait. By the end of the movie you’ll be on the edge of your seat with your palms sweating.
Some of the cool parts were the boat chases through the city of Venice, and they were fast moving and every turn around a corner made you want to jump to a side for the people on the waters edge. The mastermind team had to make a distraction with the boat to have the guards of the safe come after them. When they start chasing, the water is splashing everywhere and there are so many obstacles that the guards have to move from. And lets just say the mastermind team gets away and accomplishes what they set out to do. When the team of masterminds come back together to get what is theirs, the daughter has to meet them all. Well the computer “geek”, Lyle, got a motorcycle to make himself look cool, but when he pulls up the bike totally falls over. That’s not all, when he goes to leave, someone has to help him get his bike back up and on it because he can’t figure it out. He bought a new expensive motorcycle and doesn’t even know how to ride it. This part would definitely have someone laughing for a few seconds until the scene is over. You would have to see the movie to believe what you are hearing.
Personally, the whole movie is good, but some people might not like certain parts. Like some of my friends don’t like it Handsome Rob and Lyle go to a cable company to help make a decoy for their revenge, and after they take pictures of a girls name tag to copy, Rob goes and talks with the girl to seduce her and make a key of her cable vehicle to be able to steal it and accomplish their decoy mission. As Rob goes and talks to this girl, Lyle makes up dialogue because he can’t hear what they are saying, and it is sexual. This is also how Handsome Rob got the name “Handsome”. Some people don’t like to hear this kind of talk, but personally I though it was hilarious. I just depends on your taste of humor.
This action adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat. Not knowing what they are going to do next. This movie is close to an Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, or Oceans Thirteen. If you like the action of a thief, and any of the Oceans movies, then it’s almost a guarantee that you will love The Italian Job. This movie was amazing and everybody should see it. It has fighting, adventure around the world, stealing in many different ways, but it still is a clean movie. There isn’t a lot of swearing and its not gory. There are a few “ify” parts of the movie but overall it is a great, funny movie. This movie deserves a nine out of ten.
