Taylor Bridger

The Italian Job (2003) follows a crew of skilled thieves led by Charlie Croker. After pulling off a daring $35 million gold heist in Venice, the team is betrayed by inside man Steve, who murders their mentor and steals the gold. The survivors regroup in Los Angeles to exact revenge.The film opens in Venice, Italy. Veteran safecracker John Bridger and his protégé, Charlie Croker, assemble a top-tier crew—including tech expert Lyle (aka "Napster"), wheelman Handsome Rob, demolitions expert Left Ear, and inside man Steve. They successfully execute a brilliant heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded Venetian safe. However, on their escape route through the Austrian Alps, Steve double-crosses the crew, claiming the gold for himself and fatally shooting Bridger. He leaves the rest of the team for dead in the freezingBelieving his former crew is dead, Steve relocates to Los Angeles and lives a lavish life using the stolen gold to buy an extravagant mansion. One year later, the surviving members of Charlie's crew find out Steve is in L.A.. They track him down and enlist John Bridger's daughter, Stella (a master safecracker herself), to help them get the gold back and avenge her father. The middle of the film focuses on the crew meticulously preparing for a new heist. They customize three Mini Coopers to handle the heavy weight of the gold, map out the traffic light systems of Hollywood, and track Steve's movements across the city.The final act is an explosive, high-stakes heist executed in the streets and subway tunnels of Los Angeles. The crew intercepts Steve's armored truck convoy, dropping it into the Los Angeles subway system to access the vault beneath the streets. They race the modified Mini Coopers through drainage channels, subway tunnels, and the streets of L.A. to evade Steve and corrupt police. They manage to load the gold onto a private train car, where they confront Steve face-to-face. After Steve is held at gunpoint by Ukrainian boss