saru-88447 Watched it recently in 2018, after nearly 15years of its release but it still kept engaged which is a very good sign for an amazing movie. Never mention, many of its scenes were simply copy pasted in several movies in the following years.

OneEightNine Media I'm not going to lie, this is a great movie. It has a clever plot, good action and is very well directed. But I'm going to knock off a few stars for the obvious; that being that it is basically a two hour commercial for mini coopers. And Pepsi Blue. And I'm sure a ton of other stuff I wasn't paying attention to while watching this last night. The marketing boys at Mini Coop must have gave the director a set amount of minutes that the car was required to be in the movie for. It is frankly annoying and takes you out of some of the movie. There is a scene where the stupid mini coopers jump out of a tunnel and crash face first into the ground but a minute later you see absolutely no damage on them. Ironically enough, I will never, ever ever buy a mini coop just because of this film. But ignoring the mini coops and other BS, this is a great movie.

manideep deep Over the last few months, I have seen a lot of reviews for The Italian Job, many of them negative. The gist of almost all of these pessimistic criticisms is that, for all its modernistic bravado and high-budget technology, the film doesn't have much substance where it counts. Look, people, it's just a fun movie. This is the type of picture where you're supposed to sit back, relax, and just enjoy the steady-moving pace of the film. Like Ocean's Eleven (2001), you can concentrate on the characters and the plot at the same time without having to do much thinking (lucky for some of us). Granted, "Ocean" is a better movie, but who cares? The plot may have some holes (there's a huge one about 3/4 of the way through), the action may not be as gratifyingly gratuitous as the trailers made it out to be, and some of the dialog may seem pointless and cheesy, but again, who really cares? Cool characters, Mini Coopers, big explosions, Charlize Theron. What more do you want? I think it's time to drop the fake Roger Ebert meets Gene Shalit act and enjoy yourself for once! Oh, and another thing, whatever you do, don't compare it to the original because, to reiterate what F. Gary Gray has told the press a million times, THIS IS NOT A REMAKE!! My advice- if you're interested in nit-picking your way through a good-humored, fun flick, don't even bother seeing The Italian Job. But, if you don't have a severe inferiority complex and/or want to see Ed Norton get jacked by a bunch of Ukranians, go ahead. The Bottom Line, my fellow moviegoers, is: Lighten Up and Have Fun, Dammit.

Troy Putland The latest version (there being only two.....so far) of The Italian Job has no merit to its name. Director F. Gary Gray and screenwriters Troy Kennedy-Martin and Donna Powers have taken the best out of Michael Caine's original (three Mini's in a car chase, one thought-out heist) and glamourised it (Hollywood A-listers, pristine, clean shots) but with out the charge and the adrenaline we assume that's there. Wahlberg is a flat front-man. Edward Norton makes for a surprising bad guy, annoying and outsmarting Croker (Wahlberg) and his team left, right and centre. The other cast members struggle due to a lackluster script and and its inability to succeed our expectations. You'll be least disappointed in this film if you get the chance to watch this before the 1969 classic.