Review of Ocean's Twelve (2004) by David G — 14 Aug 2010
Ocean's Twelve has a pretty bad reputation and believe me, that reputation is well deserved, but it does has some positives - the odd clever twist, a few hearty laughs, Catherine Zeta-Jones looking HOT - the trouble is the charm and freshness of the original seems to have gone walkabouts and in the end the pros are overshadowed by the numerous cons.
Sorry, did I say "cons"? I meant enormous heavyweight fuck ups! There're way too many characters, the inevitable result being precious little time for development as well as several favourites having to take a back seat (Bernie Mac spends most of the movie in jail and even George Clooney has very little to do) and not much use is made of the glamorous European locations our heroes find themselves in.
Hell, even in Hudson Hawk we at least get to see Bruce Willis robbing St. Peter's Basilica! Then, most seriously, there are the deeply stupid "jump the shark" moments - the holographic Faberge egg, the Capoeira laser-dodging and of course the infamous Julia Roberts lookalike scene.
Oh well, at least Ocean's Thirteen was an improvement.
This review of Ocean's Twelve (2004) was written by David G on 14 Aug 2010.
Ocean's Twelve has generally received positive reviews.
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