Tagged: F Gary Gray

The Brazilian Job (TBA)

    Plot: Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) and his crew of expert thieves head to Rio de Janeiro to pull off another heist in this follow up to 2003’s The Italian Job.


    ★★★½☆ Be Cool (2005)

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    Plot: When an old record producer friend (Woods) is killed in front of him, ex-shylock Chili Palmer (Travolta) jumps at the chance to help his friend’s wife Edie (Thurman) and become a record producer for new singer/songwriter Linda Moon (Milian). But it’s not going to be easy: his old friend’s record label is under attack from the Russian mob and a group of rapping thugs. Plus, Linda’s already got a contract with Nick Carr (Keitel). To Chili, it couldn’t be more fun. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.


    ★★★½☆ Italian Job (2003)

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    Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives – 35 million dollars in gold bricks – in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.