Title: Ocean's 13
Starring: George Clooney, Ellen
Barkin, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Produced By: Susan Ekins, Gregory
Jacobs, Frederic W. Brost
Genre: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster
and Sequel
Release Date: June 8th, 2007
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief
sensuality.
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures
Distribution
In
Ocean's 13, Reuben (Eliot
Gould) is a partner of Willie Bank (Al Pacino) in building a new
casino. Bank screws Reuben out of his share and has a heart attack as
a result. Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and crew are taking revenge
upon Bank and his casino. When things don't go as planned they call
on Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the victim from
Ocean's 11,
for help. The rest you can probably guess.
The main reason I wanted to see
Ocean's
13 is to see that great ensemble cast interacting together once
again. Sadly,
Oceans 13 can't even deliver that (as well as
other things). Gone is the charisma and great comedic moments from
the first and second installment. Yes, I know,
Ocean's 12
wasn't the best either but at least you could sit back and watch the
camaraderie. The concept of finding new and ingenious ways for these
guys to rip people off is starting to wear thin which is proved by
the fact that they use a giant drill that is made for making tunnels
to simulate an earthquake. What pushes this plot point into the land
of ridiculousness is that there are only two of these drills in the
world. Ocean has one and it breaks, so they buy the second one. Now,
wouldn't you think that purchasing a machine like that for less than
legal use would raise some alarms somewhere? I mean the company
selling this now one of a kind tool would be wary about selling this
item to a private citizen, right? But I digress.
This is yet another film that doesn't
need much mention of the cast. You have a lot of big names that
seemed to have a lot of fun in the first two films and seem to be
going for the paycheck this time around. Even Pacino is relegated to
“The Villain”. Hell, his scenes were finished shooting in three
weeks! The best bit of acting goes to Ellen Barkin when Linus (Matt
Damon) uses some pheromone sticker called “The Gilroy” to drive
her insane with lust. She is all over him and what makes it so funny
is that for the “character” that Linus is playing, he is wearing
a rather large prosthetic nose that just looks goofy. OK, a long way
to to say that I give Barkin kudos for being able to pull off that
scene without cracking up.
Anyways, with a lacking story, no
surprise twists, lack of any stand out scenes of everyone together,
the only reason to see
Ocean's 13 is for the cameos/small
parts for Julian Sands, Oprah, Bob Einstein (better known as “Super”
Dave Osborne), and the returning Eddie Izzard. Otherwise, wait for it
on DVD.
Visit the films website at
http://oceans13.warnerbros.com/
If this keeps up, watch out for Ocean's
300: The Revenge Of Sparta.
Keep reading,
Mitch E.
mitch@comicbookbin.com
