“Oceans 13”
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Al Pacino
3 stars out of 4
The whole gang is back in Steven Soderburgh’s third heist installment. This time around the gang is interested in revenge, not money. When one of there guys Rueben (Elliot Gould) is muscled out of his share on an up and coming Casino run by Willie Bank (Pacino) the boys decide they will get back at him by ruining his grand opening which will inevitably close the casino.
Oceans 11 was a solid caper film, one of the best, Oceans 12 was another thing, pretty much an inside joke between the director and the cast, the audience at times was left out on many of the jokes. Soderburgh his tightened some ends up and has gotten back to the feel and style of Oceans 11. This film is fun, very entertaining, and great to look at, as the heist moves back to Vegas.
Its fun to see Al Pacino back and looking great as he plays the villain, Willie Bank is fixated on establishing great casinos and earning the prestigious 5 diamond award which honors the best casino/hotel. While Bank could have been more menacing of a villain, he is still upstaged and confused when the shit hits the fans, also we believe him as this semi-villain, I liked the performance.
While Rueben is hospitalized and glued to a bed, the gang tries to devise a way to rig all of the major table games to sabotage Bank’s grand opening. Not only that, but they are funded by there arch nemesis Terry Benedict (Garcia) who also wants them to steal diamonds from Bank’s previous 5 diamond award.
While all of this is going on, the audience is thrown back into the Vegas style and scheme, the cast is brilliant, and seeing the crew go through all of there resources to make this caper happen is absolutely genius. The writing is better this time, and the audience is rewarded. Many characters from 11, and 12 are back which makes it all the more fun. There is also a funny subplot involving David Paymers character, the 5 diamond judge who Bank is hoping will award him the prize once again, his is put through hell, as the crew make sure his experience at the casino is terrible.
Lets get to Clooney, Pitt, and Damon, all stylish as ever, proving these movies will never feel boring and dull to them, sure Soderburgh cut out a lot of the jokes, and antics of 12, but we still love this crew talking about the heist. Much of the originality of 11 is back, making the characters enjoyable. The film has a lot of twists, which I will not spoil, all I can say is that Oceans 13 surpasses the rest of the summer sequels so far, and Soderburgh has created a fine heist trilogy with excellent actors, settings, dialogue, and wit.
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