The Coolest Thing Around.

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2002)

Steven Soderbergh did not have a let-down after his amazing 2000 with this outstanding remake which runs rings around the ho-hum original. There are three casinos in Las Vegas that have all their money stored in one place deep underneath the city's streets. Enter the paroled George Clooney who is out to take all that money for himself. Of course this is a heist and a few good men who know what they are doing are needed to carry out the job. Now enter Brad Pitt, Elliott Gould, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan and a few others and you have a group in place that could make this whole elaborate scheme work. Of course casino owner Andy Garcia is not the easiest guy in the world to steal from and keep in mind that Julia Roberts is along for the ride as well. The film is highly intelligent, ultra-slick, very cool and just plain outstanding. Steven Soderbergh continues to show that he is a high-class director that is here to stay. 4.5 out of 5 stars.