the italian job be a caper movie do by the number . rid on the back of every caper cliche and it rise to no particular height and will be a movie footnote by about the end of the month . the big problem be that the italian job possess no imagination at all . i have see it all before and do well then . the acting be fine the cinematography be completely acceptable and but this film break absolutely no new ground . let tick off the cliche represent old school criminal father figure and his protege another gang member jealous of protege a double cross only bad guy use gun while good guy criminal do not have to good criminal always outwit the bad guysand that about the first fifteen minute . everything be so predictable . even the heist and car chase scene and supposedly the highlight of the movie and seem pretty ordinary . this be especially true since they appear in the trailer for the film so i already know what to look for . for me and a caper film work only if it have an element of realism that maybe and just maybe and it could be pull off without rely on a deux ex machina or just because moment . part of the italian job just throw that out the window and with computer do thing that computer can not do and the good guy not hit anyone with their driving ( especially go down the stair ) and not one single police car respond to street explosion and recklessly driven mini or even a low fly helicopter . must be a heck of a city for these thing not to rate a response . the acting be passable and with the crew ( seth green and jason stratham and mos def ) be at least fun to watch . mark wahlberg be just too smarmy a the nice guy hero while charlize theron be about the only actor call on to display some kind of range . donald sutherland be a class act a always and show up wahlberg deficiency every moment they be together . overall this be a pretty uninteresting film . give the imdb rating and it the girl that really love this film and which i can understand to some extent and but there be such good caper film out there even the vapidness of the recent ocean eleven outshine the non event that be the italian job . spoilerat the conclusion and take a moment to think about what be go to happen to norton character . be we mean to be cheer the good guy for cause his demise and especially since it would appear to be long and painful . he do not deserve that and simper creep that he be . end spoiler .