Italian Job: 2003: Bluray

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If you've got a MINI you should at the very least have seen the 2003 version of the Italian Job as it is filled with all sorts of fun MINI driving and crashing and has a great story line, is well made and has top notch actors. Better yet, you should own it or you're gonna miss out on a great movie AND Charlize Theron (gulp) at her finest. We've also got this on Bluray. While you're at it you may as well buy the original Italian Job DVD 1969 version as well. Of course, we have that too.

Can you believe that MINI actually 'donated' 28 MINI's for the making of this film and from what I hear nearly all of them were unusable when the filming was finished.

This is the Bluray version that ONLY works on Bluray players and is the Widescreen format which is better suited for 16x9 HD Tv's.

Though it bears little resemblance to the original 1969 thriller starring Michael Caine, the 2003 remake of The Italian Job stands on its own as a caper comedy that's well above average. The title's a misnomer--this time it's actually a Los Angeles job--but the action's just as exciting as it propels a breezy tale of honor and dishonor among competing thieves. Inheriting Caine's role as ace heist-planner Charlie Croker, Mark Wahlberg plays straight-man to a well-cast team of accomplices, including Mos Def, Jason Statham, and scene-stealer Seth Green in a variation of the role originally played by Noel Coward. As the daughter of Croker's ill-fated mentor (Donald Sutherland), Charlize Theron is recruited to double-cross a double-crosser (Edward Norton in oily villain mode), and once again, speedily versatile Mini Coopers play a pivotal role in director F. Gary Gray's exhilarating car-chase climax. It's perhaps the greatest product placement in movie history, and just as fun the second time around. --Jeff Shannon

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The plan was flawless. The execution was perfect. Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that, he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Now he wants more than the job's payoff...he wants payback. Mark Wahlberg is electrifying as Croker in this "fast and furious action-adventure."* Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker (Charlize Theron), 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. With an ensemble all-star cast that also includes Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Franky G and Donald Sutherland, The Italian Job is "Hot!"