Cast : Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck.........and Bruce Willis in guest appearance. Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date : 10 December 2004
Storyline
It’s been three years since Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his crew - fronted by detail man Rusty Ryan (Pitt), up-and-coming pickpocket Linus Caldwell (Damon), explosives expert Basher Tarr (Cheadle) and safecracker Frank Catton (Mac) - pulled off one of the most audacious and lucrative heists in history, robbing ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict (Garcia) of every dime stored in his impenetrable Las Vegas vault.
After splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean’s crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that’s proven to be a challenge, much to the chagrin of Danny’s wife Tess (Roberts). When someone breaks Rule Number One and rats them out to Benedict, going straight is no longer an option. He wants his $160 million back - with interest - or else. And, as the gang quickly discovers, Benedict isn’t the only powerful person in the world looking for Ocean’s Eleven...
Movie Type - Action Comedy
Runtime: 125 min
All right......now for ... My Opinion!!!! Ocean’s Twelve is a complete let-down.
The twelfth is Tess (Julia Roberts), whom Ocean won back from Benedict in ELEVEN; she and Danny should be celebrating their third anniversary instead of contemplating the ’’till death do us part’’ portion of their vows. They’re all still too hot to pull off another major heist in the U.S., so they invade Europe ( Amsterdam), crossing paths with colorful supporting characters until the plot threads involving Rusty’s ex, a Europol agent - Miss Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who’s down on thieves because her dad was one, and a vainglorious bandit (Vincent Cassell), come together.
An extended prologue, jumbled and suspenseless heist sequences?reintroduces all the characters from Ocean?s Eleven and it?s telling that , b>not a single one makes a lasting impression. The admittedly to-die-for cast is watered down to the level of interchangeable Barbie dolls and the film reaches its simultaneous height and nadir of wit when Julia Roberts?s character Tess passes herself off as?wait for it?Julia Roberts! Indeed, Ocean?s Twelve exists for no other reason than to cater to each viewer?s celebrity recognition factor.
Then it’s on to a series of twists and reversals that culminate in Tess’ impersonation of ? get this! ? movie star Julia Roberts, a ruse complicated by the unexpected appearance of the real Julia’s good pal Bruce Willis. The biggest disappointment about this halfhearted follow-up is that while in OCEAN’S ELEVEN every member of the crew was an indispensable cog in the casino heist, here more than half are reduced to glorified cameos.
The real stars who actually make the heist possible are - Linus’s MOM and the Agents DAD.
Let me make it clear ( by giving the plot away ) - all of the crew end up in prison and Rusty’s Mom flies from the States acting as an FBI Agent, thereby bailing them out for extradition. Without her, our bunch of heroes would have ended up playing marbles in the lock-up!!!!!! Then the grand finale ( phew ), these bunch of loser get the inside story of the precious egg from the greatest theif of all time - Le Mark ( who happens to be the agents dad - Catherines’s Dad ). I mean...........if any of us knew that the real egg would by carried by an innocent looking teenager in his back-pack and travelling by public transport........we with our own group of buddies could have easliy pulled this off man !!!!!!!!!
Where the hell is the PLOT ????
Then we have the Italian Dude - The Night Fox or the best theif after Le Mark ( Vincent Cassell ). This punk is able to dance his way through the museum protected by lazer detectors ( not static but with continuously moving line of sight ) ...........and beat this - They tell us that these moving lazers are programmed by a Random Algorithm..........if so, then how the hell can anyone predict their movement so precisely and show off his super agility and make his way through the museum. ( Remember Entrapment - those were static lazer detectors that Catherine got across )
Sadly the Night Fox finds all his efforts in vain as he ends up flicking the replica of the priceless egg.
Soderbergh used to be a great director ( remember Erin Brockovich and Traffic ), but with this he has dissapointed us all !!!!!!!
And hey.........for those of you who havnt watched Ocean’s Eleven - Dont miss it !!!
That was any day better than this flick..........