TRAFFIC JAMS.(Movie Review)

In "The Italian Job," Edward Norton, pulling his chin down and showing off a mean little spot of beard, plays a bad egg with superlative skill. Norton is a thief who betrays his colleagues, and he gives each of his lines a nasty little sting. Always intelligent and incisive, he's one of those rare actors who hold the audience's attention with everything they say--Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. Robinson had that gift, too--and whenever he shows up in this elaborate caper film he brings the show to life. But then Mark Wahlberg, as a good, loyal thief, tries to respond to Norton, and the tension leaks out of the scenes. Wahlberg is such a mild fellow. As a lead, he's been ...