The Italian Job

Charlie Croker, played by Mark Wahlberg, emerges from prison with a clear objective: to pull off the heist of a lifetime in Torino, Italy. His friend, Left Ear, had attempted to take on the notorious mafia but didn't get very far, resulting in his capture and torture. With the help of Lyle (Seth Green) and John Bridger (Donald Sutherland), Charlie sets out to complete the high-stakes job that Left Ear initiated. Bridger, an aging thief, had been planning the heist for years and had assembled a team of experts: Lyle, a young and ambitious thief, and Handsome Rob (Jason Statham) and Stella (Charlize Theron), a skilled driver and mechanic. The team's goal was to steal a large fortune in gold by cracking a safe in a heavily guarded vault beneath the city. However, upon their arrival in Torino, Charlie discovers that Bridger is nowhere to be found, and Left Ear has been left behind, brutally tortured by the mafia for his failure. With his friend's life on the line, Charlie decides to take control of the heist, despite not having been involved in the initial planning. He assembles a new team, consisting of Lyle, Rob, and Stella, to carry out the job. The team quickly realizes that they will face numerous challenges, including state-of-the-art security systems and a well-organized mafia. Bridger's plan relies heavily on a complex series of tunnels, lifts, and ventilation shafts to infiltrate the vault undetected. However, their arrival in Torino has not gone unnoticed by the mafia, and they soon find themselves under surveillance. As they delve deeper into the vault's complex security system, the team discovers that the gold is stored on a rotating floor beneath the vault, a design that allows the mafia to shift the gold periodically. With time running out, the team frantically searches for an alternative plan. Lyle discovers that the vault's system will momentarily lock down during a scheduled maintenance period, providing a narrow window for them to retrieve the gold. Meanwhile, Charlie and Rob concoct a separate and audacious plan, one that would take the mafia - and the entire city - by surprise. By hijacking three Mini Coopers, a pair of Jaguars, and a bus, they will be able to simultaneously orchestrate a mass traffic jam across the city, creating chaos and confusion and allowing them to escape undetected. Once the team understands the vault's security layout and their time constraint, they swiftly put their plan into action. Lyle uses his agility to navigate the ventilation shafts and bypass the security cameras, while Rob expertly cracks safe combinations and Charlie coordinates the team's efforts. As the countdown begins, the team simultaneously works to crack the safe holding the gold and to rig the Mini Coopers and Jaguars to block the city's main arteries, creating an elaborate traffic gridlock. In the final minutes of the heist, the team faces a series of high-stakes challenges as they frantically assemble the stolen gold into bundles and load it into their getaway vehicles. The scene unfolds rapidly as Charlie takes the stolen gold and uses it to block intersections, traffic lights, and streetcars, transforming the gridlocked streets into a massive obstacle course. With the stolen gold finally in their grasp, the team launches their getaway in a whirlwind of action, using all three Mini Coopers and their specially rigged vehicles to navigate through the city, all while pursued by the enraged mafia and the Italian law enforcement. The scene showcases the trio using their driving skills and agility with the specially customized vehicles to evade their pursuers as they escape Torino with the stolen gold.