Eh...Not bad but not Ocean'11

Rating: 5/10 (9 September 2005)

Taking into account that I love Ocean's 11, I was really excited to see 12. The only problem is, its not Danny Ocean and Crew. Its George Clooney, Brad Pitt and gang, on vacation getting the studio to pay for their fun in Europe. Hey its not a bad film, its just not up to the level of the other. The first teaches you about the great film and the great film work. This just takes you along, shows you some great and funny gags but just is not up to the level of class, level of fun and level of high class entertainment the first one is. A few gags are all out hilarious, Yen in the lost luggage, the Looky-loo with the bundle of joy, both totally funny. Topher Grace early on doing a "Johnny Depp" hotel room is great. Its a great nod to the first film. Rusty is not as complete a character as he was in the first, and Benedict making them pay the money without any real danger other than his reputation is just not that scary. These guys were not afraid of his reputation the first time why now? Just cause he found them while they were living fairly public lives? Big deal any guy with the internet could do that. The twist of the Knight-Fox working with Benedict to get to them just was not hashed out very well. In all a good movie just don't expect it to live up to what the first one gave you.