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''The Italian Job'' is a 2003 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 double-crossed 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." Most of the film was shot on location in Venice and Los Angeles, where canals and streets, respectively, were temporarily shut down during principal photography. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, ''The Italian Job'' was theatrically released in the United States on May 30, 2003, and grossed over $176 million worldwide. Critical response was generally positive, with publications highlighting the action sequences. A sequel, ''The Brazilian Job'', has reportedly been in development since 2004, but has yet to be produced as of 2015. == Plot == John Bridger, a professional safecracker, has assembled a team to steal 35 million 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 and John's protege, 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, John's 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. The group monitor Steve's expensive mansion in Los Angeles, identiying the various security deals. Left Ear gets in contact with an associate, Skinny Pete, to obtain explosives to blow the mansion gates, and Rob obtains three heavily modified Mini Coopers from Wrench, a car mechanic, that they will be able to drive through the mansion and carry the gold out. Charlie guides Stella, disguised as a cable repairperson, through Steve's mansion to scope out its interior. Steve flirts with Stella while she is there, unaware of her connection to John, and Charlie comes up with a plan to have Stella go on a date with Steve as to draw him out of his house, allowing them to steal the gold. However, the group finds that Steve's neighbors are having a party, and their use of explosives will certainly draw attention, so they bail on the plan. Stella accidentally reveals her connection to John to Steve during their date. Following this, Steve becomes paranoid knowing that Charlie and the others are likely looking to steal the gold, and begins to launder it faster through a Ukrainian jewerly store owner named Yevhan. In his haste, Steve reveals his knowledge of the Venice heist, and kills Yevhan to keep him quiet. News of Yevhan's death reaches his cousin, Maskhov, a leading member of a Ukrainian crime family. Maskhov traces a link to the murder to Charlie, after learning that Charlie had asked Skinny Pete about the location of the gold. Meanwhile, Steve makes plans to move his safe with the gold to Mexico, using an armored truck to transport it to a private plane waiting at Los Angeles International Airport. Napster overhears the plan, and Charlie devises a new plan to steal the gold en route to the airport by having Napster gain control of the downtown traffic light system as to be able to guide the armored truck to a specific location. On the day of transport, they are surprised when three trucks leave Steve's mansion with Steve monitoring them overhead by helicopter, but soon determine that two are decoys. Napster successfully routes the target truck to a staging point, out of Steve's sight. Left Ear detonates part of the street, sending the van into the sewer system where the others are waiting. Knowing that Steve will have sent out pursuit vehicles on losing sight of the truck, Stella is able to successfully crack the safe, and they load the gold into the Mini Coopers, which are small enough to fit through the sewer tunnels. They are able to stay just ahead of Steve's armed men and make it onto the streets, where Napster, still in control of the traffic system, is able to create a green wave to allow them to easily flee. Charlie lures Steve away from the other two as they head for Union Station, forcing Steve to land his helicopter and pursue in a stolen truck. At Union Station, the cars are loaded onto a train car with the help of Wrench. Steve arrives shortly thereafter and after bribing Wrench, is surprised to find Charlie and the others waiting for him. Steve brandishes a gun and demands his gold back, but Maskhov arrives; Charlie explains that he has offered Maskhov part of the gold and Steve in exchange for helping with security protection. Steve is taken away by Maskhov. The group boards the train as it departs to New Orleans, and celebrate in John's honor. The epilogue shows them all having used their share of the gold for their own desired purposes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Italian Job (2003 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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