The Italian Job (2003 film)
The Italian Job is a 2003 American heist film directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def and Donald Sutherland. It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name, and is about a team of thieves who plan to steal gold from a former associate who doublecrossed them. Despite the shared title, the plot and characters of this film differ from those of its source material Gray described the film as an homage to the original.
John Bridger, a professional safecracker, has assembled a team to stealmillion dollars worth of gold bullion from a safe held by Italian gangsters in Venice that had stolen it weeks earlier. The team includes Charlie Croker, a thief Napster, a computer expert Rob, their wheelman Steve, their inside man and Left Ear, their explosives expert. They successfully complete the theft by stealing the actual safe and stealing the gold from it while the gangsters are occupied with a decoy. After leaving the city, the team agrees to split up the gold and part ways once they return to the United States. However, Steve turns on them in the Alps near Austria, he and his own men intercept their van and take the gold, shoots and kills John, while the rest of the team falls into the river trying to escape.A year later, Charlie and the others have returned to the States and have located Steve under his new false identity, laundering the gold for money. Charlie meets with Stella Bridger, Johns estranged daughter and also a skilled safecracker, who is furious believing that Charlie was responsible for the death of her father, but Charlie instead convinces her to help get revenge on Steve by helping with the heist to steal back the gold. ........
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