Mark
Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Christina
Cabot, Mos Def |
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Written by: Troy Kennedy-Martin (1969 screenplay), Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade
Distributor: Paramount Pictures |
US:
05/30/03
UK: 19/09/03 |
A band of thieves, led by Charlie Croker (Wahlberg),
pulls off the ultimate heist by rigging the stoplights
of the city of Los Angeles so that they can drive right
out of the city with a carful of gold (in a safe that
they're stealing back after Croker's double-crossing
ex-partner, played by Edward Norton, stole it from Croker
first), with nothing but green lights, while everyone
else gets red lights, thus keeping the roads plugged
with the largest traffic jam in L.A. history, and the
police from pursuing them.
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How
will this mini adventure travel? To anyone who loves
English movies, this is the 1969 gem which starred Michael
Caine. "You were only supposed to blow the bloody
doors off" has been voted the best movie line ever
in a recent Brit poll. (Not by me, I hasten to add -
good though it is, you need to see the scene for it
to work!) The original bombed in the US for many reasons
- #1 being no publicity apparently. However, then as
now, the biggest thing in the movie will be the smallest:
the Mini Cooper cars used in the heist. I'm looking
forward to it - but then I don't have this weird hang-up
about US remakes of UK classics. One thing is for sure
though - Wahlberg ain't no Caine. |
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Wahlberg is out to give Charlize the ride of her life
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