Ocean's Twelve (DVD)

Advantages: European scenes, George, Brad
Disadvantages: None

Ocean's Twelve Danny and his gang are back and this time the heist is bigger than ever. Ocean's Twelve follows on from the Ocean's Elven movie. Ocean's Twelve was released in 2004 and follows the same format as the other movie. It's a heist caper with lots of comedy thrown in. The ensemble cast is full of celebrity and I think they work well together. Like I said Ocean's Twelve follows on from Ocean's Eleven. Danny Ocean and his guys previously were ...
...Las Vegas. However, the owner of the casino's, Terry Benedict played by Andy Garcia, knows it's them and he wants his money back. He manages to get to each one of them and threaten them with paying the money back within two weeks, including interest!! Well, what do you do when you have just stolen $160 million dollars, you spend it of course, lavishly and now the gang are short by about half. So, what do you do when you need to pay back some money ... Read review

Advantages: Has about two fun moments....
Disadvantages: Otherwise very boring and full of redundant "style" that dosent work.

The reason Steven Soderberg's remake of OCEANS ELEVEN was enjoyed by so many was simple, it was fun and didn't take itself seriously. It was fast paced and the final heist was one of the best you've seen on film. With its sequel however Soderberg seems to have taken everything that made his original good and decided to not concentrate on any of it and to put no finer point on it OCEANS TWELVE is a failed mess in almost every respect. The film takes ...
...gang of crooks are all living the high life until Terry Benedict, the casino owner they ripped off catches up with them and demands his money in 14 days or will have them all killed. The film then moves to Amsterdam where they have to figure out how to rip enough people off to get the money.. And that's about it really, but the thin plot is stretched even thinner over the films run time and there is such a painful lack of characterisation that you ... Read review

Advantages: great cast, good story, decent soundtrack, not bad sequel,
Disadvantages: lack of DVD extras, bit of a confusing ending,

Ocean's Twelve is the sequel to the hit crime/comedy "Ocean's Eleven", which reprises the all star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Matt Damon. Three years has passed since Ocean (Clooney) and his gang had stole $160 million from Terry Benedict's (Garcia) casinos, as well as his lover and now Oceans wife (for the second time) Tess (Roberts). Thinking each of them are in the clear, they ...
...using the share of the money stolen. However Lady Luck isn't smiling on the eleven as Benedict has tracked them down and wants one thing: his $160 million plus interest - a total of $198 million. Unfortunately for Ocean, Rusty (Pitt) and the rest, they only have 14 days to get the money and the worst of it is after frivilous spending, they need close to $100 million and they can't "work" in the US. How do the gang get the money: performing small ... Read review

Advantages: Urrrmm. Eddie Izzard is great!
Disadvantages: Everything apart from Eddie Izzard

I'm going to have a crack at reviewing this DVD. I'm not a particularly avid film watcher so I will just give you my thoughts and feelings rather than an in depth technical review. All of your comments, good or bad, will be gratefully received! Having thoroughly enjoyed Oceans Eleven I thought I would treat my hubby and I to the sequel, to watch whilst our girls were away on Sea Scouts camp. So we sat down after a nice Chinese takeaway and popped ...
...from the first film with the basic plot being that the guy Danny Oceans' gang fleeced in 'Eleven' wants his money back, and soon! As they have already spent their share of the first scam they have to come up with a way of raising $160 million. I shan't give away any more of the plot - I don't think there is much more anyway, so here are my thoughts. This film has a star studded cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ... Read review

Advantages: There's a great cast
Disadvantages: The great cast is barely used

Ocean's Eleven was a rarity in the film world, a remake that was by far superior to the original. This isn't a criticism of the original, I like it, but without the Rat Pack it simply would not have been a hit. Sure, the remake had its fair share of stars, but the much cleverer plot would have seen it be a hit even in less capable hands. It's an established fact that with a few rare exceptions (Godfather Part II, Empire Strikes Back) sequels never ...
...the man now involved with Ocean's ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts). The robbery goes to plan, and each of the crew walks away with their share of 160 million dollars. Ocean's Twelve picks up three years later. Benedict's insurance company has picked up the cost of the robbery, but he's taking the theft somewhat personally. Having tracked down the members of the team he demands his money back - with interest…that's 190 million. Fairly unsurprisingly ... Read review

Advantages: Good cast; funny in places
Disadvantages: Confusing plot at the beginning of the film

...This PG film is called "Ocean's 11" on the front cover of the DVD/video (which is the US title) and it was made in 1960. The basic plot in this crime caper is that 11 friends who were in World War 2 get back together to plan the robberies of five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. They are asked to do it by a crime boss who wants to hire people who aren't known villains. They plan to cut the power supply to the casinos and then steal millions of dollars from them. Can they pull off this major crime with the same precision they carried out their army tasks? The film's main stars are Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean, Dean Martin as Sam, Peter Lawford as Jimmy. Sammy Davis Jr as Josh and Angie Dickinson as Danny's fed up wife. The film is largely a product of its time - sexist in places and even hints of racism in the film... Read review

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Advantages: Fabulous cast, funny, interesting plot
Disadvantages: Not really original and the sequel was a bit of a let down

...No, it's not a film set on a boat like I may have thought at one point!!! Ocean's eleven was a fantastic film containing every element a good film should. Eye candy for the ladies, eye candy for the gents, romance, comedy, quit wit, bad V good and a consistent plot. George Clooney plays bad boy Danny who plans to enter the world's most secure vault in order to steal millions from Casino owning Terry Bennedict who stole Danny's wife. He creates a gang including a retired thief, poker expert/card dealer, pickpocket, flexible Chinese acrobat, expert in explosives and more! This film includes big names including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts...the list goes on! I found ocean's twelve a bit of a disappointment after how fantastic ocean's eleven was. The same great cast but I... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Two for one
Disadvantages: Originally quite expensive

...Oceans 11 and 12 are both excellent remakes of classic flims. Both films are about classic heists with George Clooney and Brad Pitt as the 'Good' Crooks and Andy Garcia as the 'Bad' Crook. Catherine Zeta Jones and Julia Roberts are great and their characters develop across the films. The set piece in Oceans 12 where Julia Roberts plays her character pretending to be Julia Roberts is brilliant. Whilst I thought they were great individually at the cinema I couldn't justify buying the individual films but the two disc set was great. Orignially quite expensive you can now get it quite cheaply so I'd reccommend adding it to your DVD collection for when theres nothing on TV and you'd like an entertaining pair of films to watch... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful