Hit (so far, so good)- Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliot Gould, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Don Cheadle, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Eddie Jemison, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones-Douglas

Danny Ocean (Clooney) is back and he is in search of one more team member to pull off three major European heists. Three years after their Ocean’s Eleven heist, Ocean’s Twelve is brought out of retirement to pay back a very persuasive Benedict (Garcia). Even though Benedict received all of his money back from insurance, he is still a greedy bastard. Other characters of note that make their quest more difficult: the beautiful and smart Europol agent (Zeta-Jones) who has a link to Rusty (Pitt), and the mysterious well-known French thief called “Night Fox.” And all the while: Ocean’s Twelve is running out of time to pull off the biggest heist ever.

This movie does not offer much in terms of understanding more about each character (because there are too many) but I particularly like the fact that the movie has delved into the character of Linus (Damon). We are seeing more of Linus and his need to be a principle character in the heist, and I really liked where this is going. The introduction of characters and their need to pull off another heist was lengthy. This movie went horribly bad when Julia Roberts plays Julia Roberts. This could have been better executed by having Julia Roberts play a fictional movie star.

I didn’t take this movie too seriously because I understand that it was not made to be a good film, rather it was made to make a lot of money, which is just what it did. But, overall I found this movie to be mindless abbreviated entertainment.

Best Scene: The unveiling of the real heist.

Rated PG-13 for language.
Comedy
Running Time: 2 hours

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