Pretty amusing heist romp starred by a famous group of Hollywood stars and filled with surprises , funny situations , twists and turns

Rating: 6/10 (19 July 2014)

First part of a saga with Hollywood star-studded and plenty of amusement , entertainment and fun . The film contains an intelligent screenplay and ,of course, amazing ending surprise . A list stars come together to pull off the most daring heist Las Vegas has ever known , 11 men, 3 casinos, 150 million dollars, 1 chance to pull it off . It deals with Danny Ocean (George Clooney , though Bruce Willis was originally cast as Danny but had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts) and his eleven accomplices (Brad Pitt , Casey Affleck , Elliott Gould , Matt Damon , Bernie Mac , Don Cheadle , Scott Caan , the veteran director Carl Reiner, and Shaobo Qin made his debut , he was rehearsing with the Peking Acrobats when he was spotted and asked to audition for the role of Yen) plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously , their target? , the Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand . All casinos owned by Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) . We wouldn't call it a special group just Danny Ocean and his buddies and millions dollars are taken from the casinos .
This thrilling as well as hilarious hold-up film displays from the beginning to ending , comedy , suspense , plot twists along with limited action of varied manner . The actors playing the leading roles all knew each other well and improvised dialogue as well as or better than the script . It has got an intelligent screenplay and an extraordinary final surprise . The comic relief being developed during the amusing relationship between the several and motley characters and their jokes among them . Several cameos , as when Rusty Ryan , Brad Pitt, is teaching the "teen idols" to play poker, all of the actors are actual "teen idols" who were at the time starring in popular TV Shows , they are : Holly Marie Combs from Charmed , Topher Grace of That 70s show (1998) Joshua Jackson of Dawson (1998) , Barry Watson of 7th heaven (1996) and Shane West of once and again (1999). Henry Silva and Angie Dickinson, who both appeared in the original Ocean's eleven (1960), make cameo appearances during the fight scene ; however with the exception of the title character "Danny Ocean", none of the principal characters have the same names as their counterparts in the Frank Sinatra version of the film . Touching ending as the scene of everyone standing around watching the Bellagio fountain and leaving was somewhat improvised, Steven Soderbergh wanted Rusty, Brad Pitt, to leave first , the other actors were told to line up and depart in whatever order felt natural.
Atmospheric musical score by saga ordinary , David Holmes . Colorful cinematography with luxurious interior scenarios , nicely photographed by the same , as usual, Soderbergh . This is a funny and stylish remake , being well directed by Steven Soderbergh and perfectly produced by Jerry Weintraub . This first part is much better than its sequels ,it had a hold up pretty well paced , being followed by Ocean's Twelve (2014) and Ocean's thirteen (2007) with similar cast , technician team and direction .