Director F. Gary Gray drove moviegoers into theaters in, well, droves with his surprise hit remake of the 1969 action-heist flick, The Italian Job. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Mos Def, and a trio of Mini Coopers. As part of one extended, bravura sequence set in Los Angeles, Theron, Wahlberg, and Statham each steer a Mini down the steps to the Metro subway, outrace a train, and hurtle onto the train tracks to lose the surveillance of Norton, who looms above the city in a helicopter. The Minis make for maximum entertainment.
