Synopsis
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
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Cast
- Mark WahlbergCharlie Croker
- Charlize TheronStella Bridger
- Edward NortonSteve
- Jason StathamHandsome Rob
- Seth GreenLyle
- Yasiin BeyLeft Ear
- Donald SutherlandJohn Bridger
- Boris Lee KrutonogYevhen
- Franky GWrench
- GawttiSkinny Pete
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
The chase scenes in The Italian Job are the most exciting ones I can remember seeing in a movie in a long time, probably because they're the only ones I can remember -- and that's saying something. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
An elaborate techno-heist thriller, The Italian Job features some spectacular chase scenes, but for a change, the people doing the chasing are also worth watching. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Not only are the action sequences well-paced and witty, but Gray neatly draws out the comic high spirits in Wahlberg's ensemble of crooks. - 80
Variety
The forthcoming line of high-octane summer entertainments will be hard-pressed to top this one for both thrills and wit. - 78
Austin Chronicle
A zippy, energetic, automotive free-for-all, a caper extravaganza minus the bleak overtones that have come to figure in so many 9mm movies these days. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy. - 70
The New York Times
Feels a like smooth, exciting whoosh down a ski slope. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Charlize Theron, playing the one woman member of the team, handily steals the movie from the guys with her no-nonsense display of verve and vulnerability.
