Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) and his team of expert criminals succeed in ripping off $35 million in gold bars in an elaborate heist in Venice, Italy. During the getaway, though, the thieves are betrayed by one of their own, Steve (Edward Norton), who, after gunning down Croker's mentor, surrogate father, and skilled safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland), believes he's sent the others to a watery grave. Back in Los Angeles, Charlie decides to steal the gold back from Steve. He reassembles the old team, including computer geek Lyle (Seth Green), demolition expert Left Ear (Mos Def), and getaway man Handsome Rob (Jason Statham). Needing a safecracker to replace Bridger, Charlie approaches the old man's daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron), who's taken the skills daddy taught her into the legitimate world of safe and vault consulting. The allure of revenge proves too tempting, of course, and Stella agrees to participate in this one heist. Cued in on his former partners’ survival, Steve decides to abscond with the gold but our lovable cons make things difficult by hacking into L.A.'s traffic control system and creating a nightmare on the streets. A classic game of one-upmanship ensues as Croker and Steve vie to outsmart each other and make off with the riches. Naturally, it's all capped off with a kinetic chase sequence in Mini Coopers through L.A.'s streets, sidewalks, malls, reservoirs, and Metro tunnels.
A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.
After Charlie and his crew pull off a picture perfect heist of tens of millions of dollars worth of gold in Venice, Italy they must overcome the betrayal of one of their own who in turn kills another teammate to reclaim their ill-gotten gains in yet another high tech heist.
In Venice, Italy, a team of expert thieves pulls a daring heist of 35 million dollars in bars of gold. One of the thieves betrays his companions and swipes the gold for himself. One year later, in Los Angeles, the surviving team members create a smart and devious plan to steal back the gold and get their revenge on the traitor.
The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker never saw coming was a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang -- inside man Steve, computer genius Lyle, wheelman handsome Rob, explosives expert Left-Ear and veteran safecracker John Bridger - can't believe when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Enter Stella, 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 by tapping into Los Angeles' traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in LA history. Now the job isn't the payoff, it's about payback.
