Not Bad buts as norm with sequels does not live upto the first film

Rating: 5/10 (21 February 2005)

Oceans 11 i would claim as a fairly good witty well acted with an intriguing storyline. The array of stars did not disappoint as a solid and somewhat confusing at times story line was well presented. Oceans 12 however is good but is far from great and not upto the standards of its predecessor, far too much of the narrative focused on Catherine Zeta Jones although she put in a good performance was uncalled for as it dismissed the actual oceans 12 doing what we want them to see in more detail, instead we ended up with not seeing much of anything all talk and no action might be an accurate way to describe the narrative flow. Don Cheadle was a plus to the film as his whit helped the story flow without boredom, however Berny Mac was a complete waste of a cast, spending the entire film in a jail cell seemed pointless whilst with Matt Damon the recent "team America" film kept springing to mind as he kept his dimwitted approach to his role up. The Julia Roberts gag in the film seemed pathetic whilst she played her character well, Another good performance by the 40 year old brad Pitt looking a lot younger than his co star of the same age. The ending of the film was clever in a way yet aspects where pathetically corny, for example an anti theft detective being the spawn of a master thief seemed far to clichéd.
over all the film was average i would recommend you watch it especially if you have seen the first film, it wont win any awards but its good for laugh or two just don't expect too much