Autopartswarehouse.com: MINI Cooper Takes Center Stage in “The Italian Job”
I love watching movies. It’s one of my favorite ways to pass the time, that is, when there’s nothing else to do. When I watch movies, sometimes I don’t get the title. And even if I do I usually forget. That’s how bad my memory is. So, when I read the title “The Italian Job” I thought I have not watched it before. Reading the synopsis, it finally all came back to me. This is one of the most exciting theft movies I’ve ever seen. It’s also one of the Mark Wahlberg movies I liked.
The story is about a group of guys, intent on stealing millions worth of gold! It’s not like a bank robbery because the bars of gold they planned to steal is not kept in a bank but in a palazzo in Venice, Italy. The bars of gold were kept in a tightly secured vault that cannot be easily broken. The idea was they will steal the vault and once they got away that’s the time they are going to open it. It was too bad that one of their team members betrayed them. His greed drove him to take everything for himself. The story doesn’t end there. Mark Wahlberg, as Charlie Croker, wanted payback. I think it was only a few months after that incident, he gathered his old team back together and they devised a plan on how they can get their revenge. Joining the team is Stella (Charlize Theron), a gorgeous woman who happens to be an expert safecracker. The plan was made and put into action. As with all theft-themed movies, there were exciting chases on water and on land. When the guys finally got the vault from the betrayer they got in an exciting car chase.
They placed the vault in a specialized compartment of a MINI Cooper. This car looked just right for the chase because its size allows it to weave smoothly in and out of traffic; aided of course by the smart maneuvers of the guy behind the wheel. There were three MINIs featues in the movie – a red, blue, and white. The MINI Cooper was featured a lot in the movie that Paramount Pictures set for 300 Cooper to be present during the screening at its Hollywood studios. With 300 units of Coopers swarming all around you can imagine it’s like a reunion of all MINI Coopers. There were even some that came from New York and Hawaii! It seemed like crazy out there that day with so many MINI Coopers buzzing around.
