The Italian Job

The Italian Job is a very loose remake of the 1969 British film of the same name. It is a superficial, streamlined action thriller that is exciting enough as such but never really grips, perhaps because you cannot engage with the cardboard characters.

Charlie Croker heads a close-knit team of criminals, each with their own speciality. After a large-scale heist in Venice, Steve, one of the gang members, breaks their trust when he makes off with the loot and at the same time shoots the gang's mentor, John Bridger.

John's daughter Stella is an expert safecracker, but until now she has stayed on the right side of the law. She is in fact working for the police. Stella is so determined to avenge her father, however, that she agrees to help the rest of the gang steal back the stolen loot.