Random at best.

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2004)

I watched Ocean's 11 a day before I went to see Ocean's 12 and think the latter is quite frankly rather confusing - not to say boring. Let me explain: 11 started with the introduction of characters that Ocean brings together to plan a heist. The potential lies in the curiosity of the viewer to see how everything (and everyone) comes together to tackle the job - robbing a sleazy and unsympathetic casino owner. The team plans and executes like a swiss watch mechanism, and the outcome is stunningly refreshing. The way everything played together - the technically refined procedure and the witty remarks along the job was simply exciting, suspenseful, and humorous. Not so 12. Twelve seems as if the actors voices are overdubbed a pointless alignment of film sequences. The plot never unfolds, and the music unsuccessfully attempts to fill in the gaps. Why? Because the idea is weak to begin with. Benedict wants his money back --- BIG DEAL (NOT). With the intelligence and team integrity of 11 it seems like a farce that Benedict would snuff them all out. It's plain and simply unrealistic. A better movie would have been for Ocean's 11 to reunite to plan something outrageously different. Without Benedict (by the way and no pun intended: Sauce Hollandaise in the "Egg Benedict" recipe is voluntary and not recommended for the health conscious movie goer.) All in all a weak sequel. Too many details, no coherent plot, a real sleeping-pill using a James Bond motif as main feature = Egg. Way uncool, a real waste of time and money...