
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The third installment of Steven Soderbergh&s slick star-studded heist series just might be the best as Danny Ocean (George Clooney) & company pull off another elaborate caper this time in the name of revenge Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) one of Ocean&s original eleven lies nearly comatose after a myocardial infarction brought on by shock His dreams of regaining his former glory on the Vegas strip have been dashed by the dastardly Willie Bank (Al Pacino) with whom Reuben foolishly went into business to build the biggest & flashiest casino the the world has ever seen Bank took Reuben for all he was worth & now the famously loyal thirteen won&t rest until Bank has been brought down They execute this noble cause through complex daring & brilliant machinations that make the most of everyone&s talents including Yen&s (Shaobo Qin) acrobatics Linus&s (Matt Damon) acting abilities & Basher&s (Don Cheadle) heavy machinery Virgil & Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck & Scott Caan) get a few hilarious moments as they brew up a revolution in a Mexican plastics plant while Rusty (Brad Pitt) & Danny coolly preside over the action like omniscient infallible deities always about three steps ahead of the game The villain&s downfall is utterly satisfying due to the pure capitalist evil channelled by Pacino while Ellen Barkin vamps it up as Bank&s "cougar" of an assistant The camaraderie of the thirteen lends heart to these cool criminals best captured by the sappy letters Basher sends Reuben which ultimately bring him back to life Vegas is effectively captured through seamless editing & beautiful photography with the trappings of uber-wealth making the fantasy even more fantastical