OCEANS OF COOL (James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ultimate Edition, 2 DVDs))

Member Name: snappy

Product:	James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ultimate Edition, 2 DVDs)
Date:	01/03/02 (260 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: excellent cast, nice idea

Disadvantages: tries a little too hard to be TOO Cool

Put together one of Hollywood's hottest Directors, add some of the planet's hunkiest actors and even throw into the mix , an 'A' List actress and what do you have?... 'OCEANS 11' !!

And there's more of course. Set the movie in the entertainment capital of Las Vegas, throw into the mix the plans to pull off a multi million Dollar heist = Sure Fire Success.

So far, so good. The plans have worked.
Oceans 11 is a remake of the 1960 'Rat Pack' caper movie - directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh. The cast list reads as a Hollywood 'whos who' of heart-throb talent.
George Clooney (drool) plays Danny Ocean, just released from the 'joint' and aiming to put together a team to pull off the heist of the Century. Danny's 'partner-in-crime' and sidekick in chief is none other than Brad Pitt (swoon), who plays Rusty Ryan, cardsharp and con artist extraordinaire.

They go about selecting their crew of cronies to 'knock over' the vault of the famous Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Vegas. As well as all the Bellagio takings it also houses the money from the MGM Grand and the Mirage - a cool $180million !!!!!

There's Matt Damon (faint) as master pickpocket Linus Cauldwell, a couple of crazy brothers - the Molloys - (who provide much of the comic relief), played by Scott Caan and Casey Affleck and cocky cockney explosives expert Basher Tarr. The latter's outrageous accent you'd swear was real (oh yeah?????), but Don Cheadle is most definitely from Kansas!

Anyway, next step, find someone to back their audacious plans. They approach millionaire ex-Casino owner Rueben Tishkoff - Elliott Gould playing a real caricature of an archetypal Jewish businessman. Bedecked with jewellery, hideously cool sunglasses - completely Over the Top! He agrees after hearing that they aim to rob the chain of casinos owned by his arch rival Terry Benedict.

There
is one more aspect to their plans - Benedict (Andy Garcia) is now shacked up with Danny's ex wife Tess. Danny would love to win her back AND take the money, but Tess is having none of it. Julia Roberts plays Tess in a rather downbeat manner. I just could not get over excited about the prospects of Danny winning her back. The old adage of "there's plenty more fish in the sea" kept coming to mind - especially with his cut of $180m !!

Anyway that sets the scene for you. Clooney and Pitt wisecrack their way through the movie, surmounting all problems thrown at them. The gang gels together and puts all the pieces in place to pull off the ambitious heist. The soundtrack is great, really adding to the 'feel' of this movie. It's already been a huge hit Stateside and is starting to take the UK by storm. But do they manage to pull it off?

Not telling !
- you?ll have to go see the film. I guarantee you that this will be the coolest film you'll see all year. Although whether Clooney and Pitt - as a duo, can hold a candle to those two greats Redford and Newman, you'll have to make up your own minds.

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