Monday, November 28, 2005

Ocean's 12

Ocean's 12 is the sequel to the 2001 version of Ocean's 11. In this outing, the team is back but this time it's under pressure from Benedict to return the money stolen from the casinos... with interest. It seems that someone in the know has ratted out the team and now they have to scramble to make up the money they've spent and make some more. Unfortunately, big jobs are hard to come by.
Eventually, they discover the identity of the man who ratted them out, a formidable burglar known as the Night Fox. It seem the Night Fox got his nose out of joint because his mentor, another notoriously good burglar, praised Ocean's job over the Fox's. So, the Night Fox proposes a contest to see who pull of the best job, with the pay off of Benedict in the balance.
Unfortunately, the plot never really gets any more realistic from there (as if it were realistic before this point). Complications include a wave of arrests of Ocean's team and the investigations of a highly competent Europol detective (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a woman from team-member Rusty Ryan's (Brad Pitt) past.
While reasonably fun to watch if you switch off your brain, there's too much that just kind of makes you say "Aw, c'mon."
I'll give this movie a C.

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