Dazzling but quite forgettable

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2007)

The most irritating thing about the "Ocean's" movies is their super cool, casual style that would risk banality if they weren't so smart.
Danny Ocean and his crew are at it again to rob and humiliate a casino owner (Banks/Pacino) as payback on behalf of a friend, in undoubtedly the most technically elaborate scheme of the trilogy. The scheme is undoubtedly smart, but spelled out and executing with such exacting, grinding detail that the "climax" (to let patrons walk away with half a billion of Bank's loot) comes as no surprise and is over almost as soon as it begins.
Hi-tech vs hi-tech maintains some viewer interest and the visual delight of Las Vegas' best on offer can't be ignored. No sex (not that Ellen Barkin isn't sexy, I would have loved to see a bit of bodice-ripping), no real violence, lots of smarts - though in the end it seems, if not pointless and empty, certainly unmemorable.
6/10