Italian Job

Pros: Interesting idea.
Cons: Few spots were slow

Recently I’ve seen some commercials on tv about The Italian Job returning to theaters ...

Pros: Perfect cast
Cons: nada

Talk about a dream cast. The Italian Job has got to be one of the best movies of the year. It's going on my list, that's a fact. Depending on who you ask, Italian Job is either a remake of the Peter Collinson movie from 1969, or a whole new ...

Pros: Heist movie, Charlize Theron, Mini-Coopers are sweet
Cons: It's so predictable - but who cares?

Disclaimer: I love heist films. It’s one of my favorite genres of films. Whether it’s De Niro trying to make one last Sc ore or George Clooney rounding up his crew for Ocean’s Eleven, I always ...

Pros: Good action sequences and some good supporting performances
Cons: Some uninspired performances and standard script

Action films are a dime a dozen these days. It seems like every week a new film comes out that invol ...

Pros: visually dazzling, fun lesser characters, Donald Sutherland as an elder-statesman crook
Cons: Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron trying to act, Edward Norton's sneering

Two people can watch the same film and have completely different experiences. I'm reminded of that as I write "the other review" of The Italian Job, F. Gary Gray's often-dazzling remake of the 1969 film that, for all its bells and whistles, still left ...

Pros: Complete entertainment
Cons: Who cares?

First, let me confess that I am a sucker for movies that include precision bank robberies, jewel heists, or any type of "thievery" in which we get to watch experts in this field do their jobs. The amount of planning, dedication, and precision required ...

Pros: Fun cast, well-staged, nice use of some settings
Cons: Familiarity, Defies any kind of logic, Plot holes the size of Texas

Granted that The Italian Job is based on a 1969 film, but you don't need to have seen that Peter Collinson-directed effort (I haven't) for it to seem as if everything in this update is more-than-a-little too familiar to be entirely satisfying. And...

Pros: Fast-paced car chase sans CGI. Charlize Theron is a goddess.
Cons: Norton's character isn't threatening, logic is neglected and the cliches abound.

The Italian Job is the year's leader so far for "trailer that gives away the most". Why do you get to hit him and I don't?, and she hits him. Safe falls through, truck falls through -- there's the revenge sequence. And of course there's...

Pros: kinetic, pretty, good caper action
Cons: lame dialogue, lame acting, silly

The Italian Job is a remake of the 1969 film of the same name, starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward. In the original film, the idea was to steal four million off a street in Torino by staging a traffic jam, then making the getaway in a series of Mini ...

Pros: Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Mos Def, Good Action
Cons: Somewhat Predictable

The Italian Job was surprisingly good, I don't think it ever got enough attention. In fact, I don't even remember seeing it advertised much on TV. In any case, I'm glad my friend told me about it. I think this is probably one of Mark Wahlberg's better ...

Pros: Great action; how about those Mini Coopers?
Cons: Formulaic; largely predictable

There have been countless movies produced about the art (an science) of professional thievery; FX Networks is even basing a new show around the theme staring Andre Braugher of "Homicide: Life on the Street" fame. Most involve a gang of thieves, ...

Pros: An Excellent, Smart Action-Thriller from F. Gary Gray w/ One Hell of a Cast.
Cons: A Few Predictable Moments.

The summer movie season has always been the time where the big blockbusters arrive and swallow whoever is in front of them just for the big money. In 2003, the competition for the big summer prize was overwhelmingly fierce to the point that there were ...

Pros: Seth Green, mini coopers, interesting story line
Cons: um...I wish there could have been different cars used other than the mini coopers

There is one movie genre that really hits the soft spot on me, and then there's another genre that goes great with the first genre. Cars and heists. Yes that's right, I love the car movies like Gone In 60 Seconds (both Cage's and the old...

Pros: Characters, action and suspense.
Cons: Occasionally pushes the limits of plausibility a little too far.

The caper flick and the remake seem to be the in-thing in Hollywood these days. For the past few yea ...

Pros: Slick, nonstop action!
Cons: Superficial characters----

“The Italian Job,” directed by F. G. Gray is a remake of a 1969 film that starred Michael Caine and Noel Coward. It is a formula crime story of revenge, wherein the honorable thieves plot to recover the stolen gold that the dishonorable thief ...