Ocean Craps Out

Rating: 2/10 (12 December 2001)

What could have been an excellant Las Vegas adventure turned into a bucket of Sheboygan slop. O11 should have taken more of the original film w/ Sinatra & Rat Pack. In the original, a bunch of old Army Airborne buddies get together for a heist of Vegas casino's. Notice I said casino'S, more than one. They robbed 3 or 4 on New Years Eve and did they succeed? Well, watch the original. Plus there's an incredible twist at the end. In the current O11, we find Clooney & Pitt running around trying to recruit people, some total strangers!...to pull off the heist of the century. How can you possibly believe you're gonna go to people you've never met before, never worked with before, never trusted with your life before, and invite them to a robbing? That's where the Army buddy thing made sense. This doesn't.
And who the hell is ever gonna believe that the Nevada Gaming Commission is ever gonna let you keep the receipts and money from 3 different casino's in ONE location. Yeah, Right. It's more Mission Impossible than anything else. A SAD version of MI. Sinatra would NOT have been proud.