Product Description

They're back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel to the cool caper that saw them pull off a $160 million heist. But 160 million doesn't go as far as it used to. Not with everyone spending like sailors on leave. Not with a mysterious someone stalking Danny and crew. It's time to pull off another stunner of a plan?or plans. With locations including Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, the direction of Steven Soderbergh and the original cast plus Catherine Zeta-Jones and others, Twelve is your lucky number.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10475 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2005-04-12
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Dutch, English, French, Italian
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 125 minutes

Customer Reviews

Let's Hope We're Spared Ocean's 13
A fair sampling of Hollywood's highest paid stars flew to Italy, set up a camera, and threw a party. It looked like they had a lot of fun.

One Word.........BLAH!
Ocean's Eleven was a watchable movie, nothing to write home about but at least those involved didn't have to hang their heads in shame. This sequel however is one of the most uneven pointless sequels I've ever seen. The worst flaw of this film is simply put...it is BORING. There is also a really preposterous scene with Julia Roberts character playing Julia Roberts...maybe one of the dumbest things I've ever scene in a film. George Clooney and Brad Pitt walk through this movie acting like they're the coolest hippest dudes on planet earth, sorry chaps but the jokes on you, Matt Damon seems cooler than you two arrogant chumps put together. Dumb,dumb, and just dumb. The story is so mediocre and silly that it's no wonder the acting is sub par. The best thing about this movie is the nap you can take while it's on.

A big waste of money.
Watching "Ocean's Twelve" is sort of like hearing that there's a big party going on where all the popular people are going to be, getting an invitation even though you're the most uncool kid in school, and then being stranded on the doorstep as it begins to rain. You can see that a lot of beautiful, famous people are having a whole lot of fun, but somehow, you get the feeling that you're not supposed to be a part of it.

There's a whole lot of starpower in this movie. Massive powders kegs of it. Stars left and right. As if the first movie didn't have enough, this one throws Albert Finney, John Travolta, and Catherine Zeta-Jones into the mix just to entice you even more.

And I love most of the actors/actresses in this movie. And with the exception of Julia Roberts, the cast does a pretty good job. Those who reprise their roles from the first film show that they haven't gotten "out of shape" and those who are newcomers fit their roles nicely.

But the script and the story both leave a lot to be desired. The dialogue thinks it's a lot cooler than it really is---there's not much wit or snap or sass in this movie. It's a straightforward, lame action-movie script that feels very boring to hear. The director tries to compensate for this with stylistic cuts and camera angles, or by having the actors speak with flair. Flair they've got, but the material they're delivering still sounds dead and passionless no matter how great their acting is.

The story is no better. There's no focus---you have this sublot with Linus trying to get promoted to Shift Leader and then there's a subplot about Danny and Tess and then there's this whole romantic plot between Rusty and Lahiri. All of that would be fine if the movie could take one storyline at a time and develop it more strongly. Instead, the movie rapidly cuts between them so that you never get a chance to get hooked into it. None of the subplots seem all that interesting and so you end up with a case of quantity over quality (a flaw of many big-budget pictures).

And when you realize what the main plot-line is, it's actually pretty dull and has none of the sparkle or charm of the first movie. In the first movie, there was a gang of likeable underdog thieves who are going to steal a bunch of money from an unlikeable casino owner. In this movie, there's a bunch of idiots who have to steal the Faberge egg because they're in a thievery competition with a petty Super Thief. That's just dumb. Surely, somebody could've found a more interesting and more believable reason for the Ocean's Eleven gang to come together again and pull another heist. This is the sort of plot you find in crappy family movies. "Oh, no, the rich kids at Camp Hawkfish want to buy out our camp and turn it into a golf course. The only way we can stop them is to enter an archery competition and win!"

The movie isn't all bad. It has style and the acting is mostly good and you get to see a whole bunch of celebs hanging out. But rather than waste money on that, you could always just go to the supermarket and read the tabloid headlines to get a more intellectually stimulating experience.