The Italian Job

This movie was made by Paramount Pictures and was first released in May of 2003.

F. Gary Gray directed this action-filled movie and has done a very superb job at it. The scenes were done perfectly and this makes one want to watch it over and over again. I rented this movie for the first time and I really enjoy watching it and would not mind watching this again. I give Mr. Gray full credit for directing this movie because it was done in very good taste. Everything was done very clean-cut, especially for a movie that contains violence and some strong language involved. What I am saying is that this movie doesn't show alot of gruesome scenes. There was the shooting murder of Stella's (Charlize Theron) father John(Donald Sutherland)who played the role of a gold thief, but that was the only gruesome scene.

This movie was filmed in both locations, Los Angeles California and Italy.

The cast in this movie was Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, and Donald Sutherland.

John who spent most of his life in prison is dealing with gold and is involved with a mob of thieves, calls his daughter Stella to inform her that he was overseas (in Italy) and that he was promising to bring her back some real jewelry. Stella becomes very concerned for her father knowing that he is involved with a mob and that he would quit. Stella would learn the tragic news that her father was murdered while spending time in Italy by a supposedly thief partner whose name was Steve (Edward Norton).

Before John was murdered, he asked the gang to invest their gold wisely and they all agreed.

Stella came to realization that she had to do something to get back at the murderer of her father so she phoned up her father's business partner Charlie (Mark Wahlberg) to inform him of her plans and Charlie and the other team-mates went in on it.

What I like about this movie is that the team used a special-equipped computer to watch Steve's every moves and that included how much debt he was in. And to be able to control the cable TV modem this SOB had and the traffic lights in the city where they're able to either change the color signals which they did.

Also, I like the scenes where Stella deliberately sets herself up to become Steve's cable company technician to go out and "repair" his cable modem. Steve then attempts to make the move onto Stella who poses as "Becky" the cable company technician. What was so funny as hell is when Charlie and his partner were sitting in a car, they both spotted the cable company van with the cable company name, the name that Steve is a customer with. So anyway, Charlie gets out of the car, walks up to Becky, makes small talk with her and then goes over to her place to have sex with her and then while she's dead asleep to the world, Charlie steals her work uniform to give to Stella to wear to pose as the cable company employee. Stella's intention was to steal back the gold that living SOB had in his posession.

The other scene is where Stella has set up a "hot date" with Steve at a very expensive restaurant. Steve tries his best to talk Stella into going back to his place, but Stella would have none of this. That is when the rest of the mob has moved in on Steve real fast.

Those a$$-kicking Mini Coopers. I love them. Stella, Charlie, and the others were driving them in order to each of them taking positions in trying to corner Steve who is of all thieves the loser.

The stunts in this movie is really out of this world. I mean the cast. They were kicking real good.

As far as movies of the year is concerned, I find that this movie overall is the best action-filled of this century.

Of all people, I think both Theron, Wahlberg, and Norton kick a$$ in this movie. They are the best, I mean the best.

The first time I have seen Norton act is when he was playing the role of the skin head in that 1998 movie "American History X." He has done a very superb job in that movie.

The rest of the cast, this movie here is the one and only time I have ever seen them perform in.

This movie is a hell alot more better than a regular television action-filled movie. And it is perfect for watching on a Friday night too.

As far as ratings is concerned, I give this one here is 5-star. This movie really kicks a$$!

I highly recommend that children under 13 years of age do not watch this as this contains violence and some strong language.