Review for Ocean's Twelve (Slight spoilers but not enough to blow the movie for you)

Rating: 5/10 (23 December 2004)

Ocean's Twelve further proves the point that Hollywood needs to stop making sequels. The original movie was very well done and was a great crime caper movie. I loved how the movie confused you just enough so that at the end you sat there and said, "damn, they're good." This movie, on the other hand, provides much confusion but you never ever say, "damn, they're good." Half the time you have no idea what is going on and when you think you have a grip on it the movie throws another meaningless flashback.
The script of this movie falls very flat and despite the best efforts of the director to maintain the eye-popping cast of Cloony, Pitt, Damon and Roberts the movie is just plain bad. The plot had a little bit of promise with a Catch Me If You Can type thing going on between Zeta-Jones and Pitt. Also the addition of the Night Fox and the little game he plays with Ocean's twelve was a nice addition. But the problem is that the plot got really hokey really quickly. I rolled my eyes many a time at the corny dialogue and found the only amusing part to be when Pitt and Cloony talk code in front of Damon. But when the movie starts bringing in holographic eggs, laser trip sensors that need to have characters break dance across the floor, Bruce Willis in a random cameo and Julia Roberts needing to play herself for a distraction so that the 12 can steal something, the film just goes awry.
Overall, the film does not live up to the charming original. But it does prove one thing, even if you have a cast full of wonderful actors and award winning actresses, if you have a bad story your movie will bomb.