Ok face the facts. Sir Michael Caines 60s "the Italian job" really isn't as good as people say it is. Great fun, yes! Great film, no! But it doesn't really matter-taking on the remake with better imagination with similarities such as the title, and then it ending with a trio or minis.
             Lets start with the beginning, as with all modern films, they take the "James bond approach" and start with a huge action scene setting up for the rest of the story.
             It starts with the heist; and a brilliant heist it is too, I cool selection of soft stepping, loud bangs, speedboats and down right devious trickery. They get their hands on
             $35 million in gold bars from a safe house in the center of Venice, they think they are on the road to riches when the get sent off by a murderous double crosser who takes the gold. After he kills Bridger the rest of the crew head off to L.A. to create a scheme that'll snatch there gold back and get revenge.
             So who's in the team? Well there's the leader and master planner Charlie Crocker (mark Wahlberg), the man with the plan. Handsome Rob (Jason Statham-ex Olympic racer turned actor), is the wheelman. There's Lyle (Seth Green), a tech whiz who swears he invented Napster. There's Left-ear (Mos Def-A rapper), the explosives expert. Bridger's daughter Stella (Charlie Theron), an expert safe cracker and the back stabber Steve Frezelli (Edward Norton- who did not want to do the movie but was forced to by contract), weasely back stabber whose only talent is being sneaky and devious.
             With an all-star cast this film is a blend between "2 fast 2 furious" and "Oceans 11".
             Unlike the first film, this one has a much better set up and has better twists, the original didn't seem to have any preparation at all (well apart from blowing up a van and smashing up a few minis-which I loved) this is more modern and has the mor
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