Tagline: Get In, Get Out, Get Even.
A band of thieves, led by Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg), pulls off the ultimate heist by rigging the stoplights of the city of Los Angeles so that they can drive right out of the city with a carful of gold (in a safe that they’re stealing back after Croker’s double-crossing ex-partner, played by Edward Norton, stole it from Croker first), with nothing but greenlights, while everyone else gets redlights, thus keeping the roads plugged with the largest traffic jam in L.A. history, and the police from pursuing them.
The plan was flawless.the job was executed perfectly.the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang — inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) — can’t believe it when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser.
Now the job isn’t about the payoff, it’s about payback! Enter Stella (Charlize Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker, who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold by tapping into Los Angeles’ traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in L.A. history!
A contemporary update of Paramount’s 1969 classic, “The Italian Job” features the ever-popular MINI in state-of-the-art chase scenes down Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, through the Metro Rail tunnels and down narrow escape routes only MINI can go. Full of twists, turns and exciting stunts with armored cars, motorcycles and helicopters, this action-packed thrill-ride takes audiences on wild curves they’ll never see coming.
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Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Donald Sutherland
Screenplay by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade,Donna Powers
Cinematography by: Wally Pfister
Film Editing by: Richard Francis-Bruce, Christopher Rouse
Production Design by: Charles Wood
Costume Design by: Mark Bridges
Set Decoration by: Denise Pizzini
Music by: John Powell
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: May 30, 2003
