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Guns, gold and girls

Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to break the bank with latest blockbuster

It has been a summer of blockbuster movies in America, full of extraordinary gravity-defying chase scenes. Let's add one more to the list of white-knuckle fun. If fast, adrenalin-pumping action is your thing then you're sure to enjoy The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron and other more familiar faces.

The story begins when Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) and his friends plan and execute a flawless robbery. However, all is not well when the mastermind thief Charlie doesn't see one of his team members coming back.

After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palace in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang � inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and vertaran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) � can't believe it when one of the crew turns out to be a double-crosser.

Enter Stella (Charlize Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold. If you like cars and thrilling action, don't miss The Italian Job from September 12 at theaters.

VOCABULARY

execute (V): successfully perform a skilful action or movement
flawless (adj): without error
mastermind (n): intelligent person who plans and directs a complicated project or activity (often one that involves a crime)
heist (n): act of stealing something valuable from a shop/store or bank
double-crosser (n): someone who cheats someone, usually when doing something illegal
backstabber (n): someone who does something unpleasant or says something in order to harm someone's reputation