The Italian Job | | Cast : | Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def, Edward Norton | | Director : | F. Gary Gray | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | May 30, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | December 29, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 30, 2005 | | Summary | Redefining Nonstop | Content
 | If you haven't heard of director F. Gary Gray, you will. This remake really shares nothing but a name with the original, but that's forgivable when the reincarnation is this good. Without ruining too much, how often do you get to see marquee actors play chicken with helicopters under a parking garage?!?
What really makes this DVD stand out, though, is the special features. Sure there's the "making of" and "deleted scenes", but there's also quite a bit on teaching actors to drive and do stunts, meaning all of the shots in the movie are real--no green screens, no stuntmen, no stand-ins. Combined with an "easter egg" extended version of Napster's rant about Handsome Rob, this is the "guy movie" DVD to end all guy movies.. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 20, 2005 | | Summary | The Italian Job | Content
| Super movie. Was in perfect condition - new - and arrived within 5 days.
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| Rating | | | Date | August 16, 2005 | | Summary | A Good View - Little Violence | Content
| This movie has the action, the suspense, the brain tease, without the gratuitous violence that most action flicks must have today. Absolutely fantastic!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | italian job | Content
| The Italian Job is a good action packed film. It has a bit of supencefull parts but for the most part it is a realy good buy. I suggest the movie for anyone who loves action, criminals who get away with it and a hint of romance. It is a great movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Nail Biting Crime Caper | Content
| Extremely well done heist/buddy flick in the vein of, but not as good as THE BOURNE and OCEANS series. This could be due to the casting. Mark Wahlberg, who showed such promise in BOOGIE NIGHTS, is unfortunately best suited to beefcake roles. The uber talented Edward Norton seems woefully unhappy to be in this one (nor does he appear in any of the press materials recut into "special features") and phones in his most disappointing performance as the turncoat bad guy. Donald Sutherland pops up to compete with Michael Caine and Charles Durning for the most over-used "icon" of his generation. Charlize Theron & Seth Green, however, bring surplus talent and humor to their roles and manage to keep the iffy-ensemble together. Thank goodness for the stunt work and locations (especially evidenced when you see the ghastly and gratefully deleted scenes)!
The music, too, is especially noteworthy and adds greatly to the excitement of this "summer" movie.
The special features are negligible and only reinforce the stereotype that it's best not to let the actors speak anything other than their scripted lines. |
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