American film director and former music-video director, known for feature films including Friday, Set It Off, The Negotiator, The Italian Job, Law Abiding Citizen, and Straight Outta Compton.

Began career directing music videos before moving into feature films.

Single DeBaser review focuses on The Italian Job (remake). Praises meticulous heist construction, technical gadgets, and driving set-pieces. Notes a simple plot and an "uneventful" ending as the main flaw. Overall called a pleasant, intriguing piece of entertainment.

For:Fans of heist/action cinema and readers of film criticism.

 The lack of a complex plot is immediately filled by the sketches dedicated to the individual modes of thievery: the "Italian job" is painted as an intricate and astonishing deployment of tricks, stratagems, machinations, reflections, and analyses that border on the scientific and empirical:

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