The Italian Job

If you liked the 1969 movie, you might like the game?or you might not.

The Italian Job is a sort of economy-model Crazy Taxi, a beat-the-meter driving game based on a 1969 crime caper movie of the same name starring old-schoolers Michael Caine and Benny Hill. Now if you?re still tuned in, be advised that this Job?s real bargain basement stuff; in fact, Rockstar?s asking a rock-bottom $9.99!

At that price, this ride?s almost acceptable. You get six gameplay modes where you to zig-zag around Euro cities like London and Turin in 14 classic cars, including the great Mini Cooper that starred in the flick. Italian Job Mode is the primary draw. It?s a decent, mission-based, traffic-congested challenge that re-creates the movie?s crimequest for a $4 million score.

Overall, however, Italian Job is hard to digest. The visuals are strictly low-budget with splotchy, blocky graphics, although the European locales try hard. The frequent car collisions suffer from slo-mo physics, and the controls feel like you?re driving through molasses. The only saving grace in the rudimentary sounds are the kitschey-catchy movie tunes and the Michael Caine sound-alike?s Cockney accent.

The Italian Job (the movie) is a kinda cult classic and mindless devotion could prompt you to take the game for a spin. You might want to go for a two-fer at your local rental stop. Other than that just say, ?Arrivaderci, baby!?

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