Tired

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2005)

If only Soderbergh, Clooney, and gang had decided to stop at film minus one ... Ocean's Eleven. Ocean's Eleven was a witty, fast-paced thriller that kept me guessing and had me rooting for Danny and his gang of thieves.
Ocean's Twelve starts with an interesting premise: Terry Benedict (Garcia once again) has tracked down each of Danny's crew and threatens to dispose of them unless they return the stolen casino loot with interest.
As the tension mounts, the plot begins to weaken. Like a game of three card monty, the movie starts to show a lot of flash and smoke and you get the feeling that the whole movie is a hoax, and it turns out that it is.
Really.
There are movies where the "trick" is the essence of the film. For mysteries (Agatha Christie and others) this works. But for a film like this, you realize that you've spent the entire two hours watching an entire episode that could have been easily avoided by the characters. In Jurassic Park 2 I hoped the dinosaurs would eat the people.
I really wished Benedict had just killed Ocean's crew from the beginning.
The performances are strong but the script shows its weakness early on.