this be a woeful hollywood remake of a classic british film . everything that make the original italian job entertaining have be bleed out of this fester sore of a movie script by donna and wayne power and listlessly direct by f gary gray . i be amaze that troy kennedy martin ( the screenwriter of the original film ) allow his name to be use in the credit for this pig ear . martin have work on some of the fine film and tv project of the last 40 odd year . even be vaguely associate with this stinker be not a good thing . the humour be force and the drama be labour and all the character be cookie cutter likable crims ( with the exception of charlize theron implausible and beautiful safe cracker or rally driver ) and the plot only match the original on the following pointsnegative . 1 ) three mini ( the modern bmw make version and but mini nonetheless ) ( 2 ) use of the name croker and bridger for 2 of the main character ( 3 ) disrupt a city traffic control system to provide a safe route through it . ( 4 ) er and that it . otherwise and what you get be a bland and implausible american by the number heist movie in which a gang of jolly pirate chum eventually get the good of their evil associate . believe me and it feel like an awful long time before they do . the cast do their best with what theyre give but it seem that they all accept it a a turd polishing exercise after read the script . none of the original film quirky nature and distinctly british flavour have survive be feed into the hollywood hamburger machine . do yourself a favour and watch the original 1969 movie instead of this suck chest wound . it a wonder that noel coward hasn not do an aunt nelly and jump out of his grave and kick the teeth of everyone involve in this tepid remake halfway down their throat . italian job . more like italian jobbie .