The Life of an Eternal Colonel

I spent one year at a community college and six more at Eastern Kentucky University, now I'm working at EKU. Call me an Eternal Colonel.

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Monday, December 13, 2004

Ocean's 12

Gorgeous actors of the world unite! Following in the footsteps of the original, Ocean's 11, this sequel brings together the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and many other talented actors. It continues where the original left off. After Ocean's "11" stole all that money from Andy Garcia’s character, they each went their separate ways, however someone tips off Garcia's character as to each of their whereabouts and boy, is he pissed. He wants revenge and he plans on getting it, so he tells them that they have two weeks to get all the money back with interest.

For whatever reason, they all feel threatened enough that they scramble to recover enough money to pay him back. Let's just say that they decide to pull more heists, but this time it's in Amsterdam, Italy, and France. Their heists would have been easy, but a rival thief, throws several wrenches into their plans, making it really hard to accomplish what they need to.

On its own, this movie is pretty good, but it pales in comparison to the original. It lacks the intricacies that the first movie's heist had. Now don't get me wrong, this movie has its own merits (including the addition of Zeta-Jones), but it's just not the same. One of the great things of the first movie is its attention to all the characters. Each character's special talents were highlighted, but not here, Bernie Mac is barely seen on screen, same as some of the other lesser know actors.

Fun movie, great actors, decent plot, but it lives the typical life of a sequel, I'm going to give it a 7 out of 10. Go out and see it for yourself and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

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