Weak Story Torpedoes the Cast

Rating: 5/10 (31 August 2005)

With Ocean's 11, the formula seemed straightforward, but Soderbergh decided to make an immensely complex and ridiculous story that made the characters seem goofy rather than sophisticated.
In this sequel, Danny Ocean and his crew are back, but not voluntarily. They have each been hunted down by Terry Benedict and ordered to repay him, with interest, all the money that was stolen from the Bellagio, or Terry will kill them.
Inspired to repay Terry, the group convenes and decides to leave the U.S. ("too hot") and go to Europe and set upon a series of crimes. They can't find any jobs worth doing until they come upon the idea for the heist of the century.
Everyone's back, the whole gang, but Danny needs to recruit one more: Ocean's 12. To make matters worse, Interpol agent Isabel Lahiri (beautiful Catherine Zeta-Jones) is hot on their tail.
An amazing cast but the story fails to delivery a substantial twist and the characters end up flat with no development that grabs your interest.