Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5777 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-03
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 106 minutes

Synopsis
In this wholly refreshing remake of the 1969 crime classic starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward, Mark Wahlberg stars as Charlie Croker, a smooth thief who orchestrates a flawless heist in Venice with the help of his mentor, safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland). Together with his cronies--explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def), tech whiz kid Lyle (Seth Green), adrenaline junky Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), and the shady Steve (Edward Norton)--Charlie walks away with thirty-five million dollars worth of precious gold bars. But just when the gang appears to be headed to freedom, Steve performs a heist of his own, killing John and running off with the gold, thinking that Charlie and his mates are all deceased. A year later, Charlie has located Steve, who is gradually selling off the gold bars in Los Angeles. With the help of John's beautiful daughter Stella (Charlize Theron), a brilliant safecracker in her own right--as well as those adorable Mini Cooper sports cars--Charlie orchestrates a revenge heist that will teach Steve a valuable lesson about loyalty once and for all. F. Gary Gray's thoroughly entertaining caper film doesn't merely imitate the original, and that is what makes it such a pleasant surprise.

Customer Reviews

Good remake IMO!
I liked this version of The Italian Job with good characters. The story was good and the action sequences were also good accompanied by a very enjoyable music soundtrack. The blu-ray transfer is good but not reference quality like Cars or Kung Fu Panda etc. I won't say that it is average or below average. The video transfer is good enough but it lacks more on the sound part due to a plain DD 5.1 soundtrack. I think Paramount needs to step up and start giving us lossless sound by default on Blu-Rays. The soundtrack would be well off with a TrueHD or DTSHD-MA lossless soundtrack IMO. Weak on the extras as well but that is not a deal breaker for me.