You can't stop the real Napster!
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THE ITALIAN JOB
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STORY The Italian Job is centered around a group of thieves and gold bricks. The group is made up of John, the old guy and previous leader of the group with an old school style for crackin' safes, Charlie, the planner who's been generatin' schemes since Pre-K, Handsome Rob, the drive who holds the record for longest car chase, Steve, who's basically a worker because of his lack of imagination, Left Ear, the demolitionist who lost hearing in his right ear when he put too many M-80's in a toilet, and Lyle, the computer genius who was the original creator of Naptser (hence the self-proclaimed nickname "The Napster") but his roommate stole it from him while he was sleeping. Anyway, the movie opens up with John and Charlie walkin' the streets of Venice. John had just called his daughter and reported he was on a new job and it would be his last one. So John, Charlie, and their gang of thieves go to this place and pull this dope heist. Lyle has got this bangin' computer program with exact measurements, so using this, home boys Steve and Left Ear paint the celings of the "garage" (it's Venice and they're in a boat) and the next floor with plastic explosive shizzo right below the safe. They detonate and the safe falls through. Boat takes off and there's this big chase, endin' up with the bad guys crashin' into a pile of dirt, but the real safe went into the water and with their scuba shizzle, some of the boys unload the safe (filled with gold bricks worth $35 million) and off they go. The boys roll out and head into the mountains and talk about what they'll buy. Handsome Rob wants an Aston Martin Vanquish (hell yeah). Left Ear wants a crib in Southern Spain with a room for his shoes and one for tons of first edition books. Lyle wants speakers so big they'll blow women's clothes off. Steve doesn't know what he wants. He says he'll get one of what all of they're getting. John tells Charlie to use his money to finance his life, and find a girl to settle down with. So they decide to head off and they're leavin' when they're cut off front and back and Steve holds 'em at gunpoint. The gold is taken and Steve shoots John. The rest try and get away but drive right into icy cold water. Steve lets loose with a machine gun into the water, but doesn't hit anyone. They stay alive wit the scuba shizzo. Steve's satisfied and he leaves. The boys ain't got no gold, but Steve thinks they're dead...
MY THOUGHTS It was pretty sweet, I must say. No one really got wasted, which can be rather disappointing but it's a light break in scenery. Anyway, the characters were great and really were developed (except for Stella). The ting about Napster was hilarious. The car chase at the end was pretty tight, too. I would have rather seen some Ferrari's or Lamborghini's, or maybe the Vanquish they was talkin' about rather than some of them Mini Cooper's, but the way it went down was tight and at least Nigel Powers rolls in a mini. "Dad, you've got a Mini!" "It's not the size, it's how you use it." It was funny, it was smary, it was clever, and the cirminal activity was genius. Mad props on this one, yo. Rent it. Watch it. Buy it.
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