Good Action Is Not Enough

Rating: 7/10 (25 August 2002)

Director Soderbergh started by making a name to himself as one of the innovative figures in the out-of-Hollywood American film movement. It is a pity to see him now making such a mediocre establishment movie.
'Ocean's Eleven' is a well made action movie. It reminds many other similar action films, like 'Mission Impossible', gets together a bunch of very good actors, is well filmed and succeeds to be rather logical in its Hollywood incredibility. However, it fails to create any kind of real artistic suspense. Even as summer entertainment, it repeats too much of the already seen cliches to be really a good entertainment. Good rental choice, but only if you have sen all the other more original similar movies on the shelves.