Nowhere near as good

Rating: 4/10 (4 December 2009)

When I saw this movie, I didn't have high hopes for it. Quite frankly, I was right. It seems like they had no original ideas left, and just decided to change the location and the motivation. It comes off as a mess of a movie, with a plot that's hard to follow and just uninteresting. The twist at the end, which was the first movie's strong point, isn't worth mentioning, and will leave you disappointed.
If you loved the chemistry between the characters in Oceans Eleven, you'll probably be disappointed. Although it has its moments, the clever details of the first movie is lost, and the characters don't change at all throughout the film. To sum it up, unless you're a hardcore fan of the characters, steer clear of this one, and skip straight to Oceans Thirteen. That's where the good stuff lies.