Three casino heist

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2014)

Th 1960 rat pack original was not regarded as a good film which apart from Peter Lawford, the rest of the rat pack did too much partying to take the shooting of the film seriously.
Director Steven Soderbergh's remake is light in its feet, he has the actors in shape and makes good stab at a lighthearted, stylish caper.
Danny Ocean is a con man straight out of prison who gets a gang together and plans go rob the Bellagio, Mirage and MGM Grand on the same night. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict and he is the man who is now going out with Ocean's ex-wife.
The teaming up of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle garnered a lot of excitement and press attention. They even managed to get two rival World boxing champions to meet in the ring on screen. Lennox Lewis who was the world heavyweight champion at the time was so distracted by filming his scenes he subsequently lost the defence of his title.
The true assets of the movie is the director and screenwriter who constructed the plot and kept the movie sharp and the egos restrained.
The film is fun as you go from the idea of the heist, planning to the recruitment of the team members and then actual robbery itself. The film is escapist fun, its just a shame that it feels a tad overlong, maybe the film could had ended when they watched the Bellagio fountains at night.