Poor And Lazy Sequel

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2012)

After pulling off the heist of their lives, Danny Ocean and his pals unexpectedly find themselves back in harness in this sequel to 2001's blockbuster hit Ocean's Eleven in this movie entitled,Ocean's Twelve. It is a crime comedy film, the sequel to 2001's Ocean's Eleven. Like its predecessor,the film used a celebrity ensemble cast that features George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac,Julia Roberts,Casey Affleck,Scott Caan, Vincent Cassel,Eddie Jemison,Shaobo Qin,Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould.It was written by George Nolfi and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
After robbing a cool $160 million from the Bellaggio Hotel Casino and winning back his former wife, Tess, from Bellagio owner Terry Benedict, Danny Ocean is living quietly on the lam in Connecticut when he's unexpectedly approached by Benedict. It seems Benedict has tracked down Danny and the ten men who helped him pull off the seemingly impossible robbery, and Benedict offers them a proposal -- if they can repay the $160 million in two weeks, he won't have them killed. As it turns out, both Danny and his best friend, Rusty Ryan, haven't been doing so well in terms of money management and could use some cash, so they set out to plan a robbery to recover the loot, with the same crew helping out -- Linus Caldwell, Frank Catton, Basher Tarr, Saul Bloom, Reuben Tishkoff, Livingston Dell, Yen, Virgil Malloy, and his brother Turk. Danny and Rusty discover that an incredibly rare Fabergé egg is being displayed at a museum in Rome which would fetch the price they need, but they soon discover a notorious cat burglar, François Toulour, is also after the egg, and it turns into a race to see who can claim it first. Adding to the intrigue is Isabel Lahiri, a woman Rusty used to be involved with who is now a top agent with Interpol and is after both Toulour and Ocean's crew.
Shot on location in both the United States and Europe,it had excellent production design and visuals. But the positives end there.The latest star-studded heist flick is lazy, self-satisfied and illogical.It has a thin plot and tries to capitalize basically on the success of the previous movie,Ocean's Eleven. Even with the addition of Catherine Zeta- Jones makes no difference in the movie.While it has its hysterical moments,it basically falls flat as a poor sequel and an interesting heist film.