No Need For This Movie

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2005)

Sometimes a movie is made just for the sake of being made and making money. Oceans Twelve is a prime example of such a case. First of all, awful title. It's right up there with "Beethoven's Second". Oceans Eleven was such a great remake of an old classic. It was stylish, well executed, and entertaining. Most of all, it was concise and concluded well. There was no need for a sequel. And there was definitely no need for a sequel with as little plot development that went into Oceans Twelve. The same cast returns, with the same, now tired gimmicks and personal neuroses. In Oceans Eleven, the crew rip off Mr. Benedict's money. This time around, even though the insurance company has paid Mr. Benedect what he lost in the robbery, for some reason he is intent on hunting down Danny's crew and getting the money back from him, with interest. This whole idea is just so preposterous, it's almost funny if it weren't so sad that this is the best the "writers" could do. My advice: don't waste your time or money on this film. Use the money and rent "Oceans Eleven" and re-watch that instead if you need another fix of Danny and his crew.