abe AR1T s 2RT MONDAY JUNE 2, 2003 www.michigandaily.com AQUATIC RESCUE SQUAD PIXARS LATEST ANOTHER DIGITAL MASTERPIECE I told you not to fuckin' call me Marky Mark, old man. ELECTRIC Six, FIRE; With song titles like "Naked Pictures (Of Your Moth- BEGGARS XL RECORDS er)," "Electric Demons in Love" and the subversively Formally known as the Wildbunch, Detroit's own dirty catchy surf guitar driven "Gay Bar," not to mention their disco-rock heroes, Electric Six final- ultra-serious, savagely over-the-top ly get around to releasing their debut, approach, it would be all too easy to aptly called Fire. This past winter the dismiss the Six as a one trick novelty local quintet caused ripples of joy act. And while you can't help thinking through Britain and the continent of Tenacious D or Andrew W.K. while when their single "Danger! High Fire is spinning, the band's white boy Voltage" surprised everybody outside funk antics are undeniably seductive. of Michigan by violently taking the Instead of killing the joys of Electric charts hostage with its relentlessly y t Six with postmodern debates about sleazy beat and '80s cheese sax-solo. whether to take these guys seriously, That track, with its classic opening let's just shake our rumps while mar- lines "Fire in the disco / Fire in the " veling that a single act has miraculous- Taco Bell" and obligatory guest ly reconciled the tripolar opposites of vocals by a certain Mr. Jack White, '70s music - disco, arena rock and forms the centerpiece of Fire, a punk. Not an easy or dismissible storming party record that is unlikely to find a peer the achievement by any means. **** rest of this year. - Scott Serilla By Zach Mabee DalyArts Writer MOVI E R EV IE W * Although Mark Wahlberg is no Michael Caine, and the revised screen- play may lack some of the charm of the original, E Gary Gray's interpretation of "The Italian Job" is a stylishly virile action flick that is, if nothing more, very entertaining. Wahlberg headlines the impressive cast as Charlie Croker, thief extraordi- naire and heir apparent to John Bridger (Donald Sutherland), one of the world's foremost safe- crackers - who The Italian Job uses not tools, but his own AtMadstone,QualityI touch, to crack 6andShowcase vaults - and Paramount leader of a world-class team of thieves including: Steve Frezelli - inside man (Edward Norton), Lyle - computer expert (Seth Green), Handsome Rob - getaway driver (Jason Statham), and Left Ear - demolitions expert (Mos Def). The legendary Bridger has vowed to end his career of crime after one final heist: $35 million of Venetian gold bul- lion. Half of his days were spent behind bars, and he has promised his daughter, Stella, a professional lock and safe tech- nician, that he will finally devote him- self to her rather than to thievery. The crew assembles, operating under a plan conceived entirely by Charlie, and carries out the operation flawlessly. John's career is over, and Charlie has inherited the position of the man whom he thought of asa father; however, as the getaway proceeds, several trucks of armed men halt the team's progress. Steve, apparently, has plans of his own for the gold and for his crew mem- bers. He shoots and kills John and attempts to kill the others, as their truck drives into arctic waters. They survive luckily and, after convincing Stella to join them, make their goal stopping Steve and reclaiming their gold. "The Italian Job" utilizes its dynamic action so well that it needn't rely on lower modes of appeal like cheap sex or gratuitous violence. It operates with a style similar to Guy Ritchie's works and maintains intensity throughout. The believability and comic appeal of the characters were correlated with the lighthearted mood. The screenplay itself wasn't great, but small nuances like the introductory vignettes about each of the characters and the humorous goings on along the way made "Job" much more entertaining than most high-tech heist flicks. Seth Green's character being the real inventor of Napster, for example, is just as memorable, if not more, than the testosterone-loaded Mini Cooper chase scenes that would have solely been the backbone of most movies like this. Because it doesn't take itself too seri- ously and establishes an adrenaline- packed pace along with a very jovial mood, "The Italian Job" distinguishes itself in a genre often bogged down by films that fail to do just that. 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