Ocean's Twelve: Widescreen Edition DVD Review

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Title: Ocean’s Twelve: Widescreen Edition

Region: One

Genre: Caper Comedy

Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Vincent Cassel, Eddie Jemison, Carl Reiner, and Elliott Gould

Writer: George Nolfi

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Feature length: 125 minutes

Extras: Theatrical Trailer and Home Video Previews

Languages: English and French Language (Dubbed In Quebec) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and English Dolby Surround Sound

Subtitles: English Closed Captions and English, French, and Spanish Language Subtitles

Packaging: Amaray Keep Case

Chapter Stops 36:

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Surround Sound

Year of Theatrical Release: 2004/DVD Release: 2005

Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures

Home Video Distributor: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera

Three and a half years have past since Danny Ocean and team stole 160 million from Vegas big shot Tony Benedict, but someone has violated the code of honor among thieves and ratted the location of every team member to Benedict who gives them all two weeks to repay their debt plus an incredible amount of interest or they’re history. Unable to pull a heist big enough to cover their obligations in the states, Ocean’s Twelve goes to Europe in an attempt to pull of a series of heists that will put them in the clear. Their troubles however are not the clock ticking on Mr. Benedict’s wall, but the agent out to arrest them (Catherine-Zeta Jones), who is also romantically involved with one of the members (Brad Pitt) and then there is the mysterious master thief out to prove to Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and the world that he is the best ever.

“Ocean’s Twelve” serves up a lot of anticipatory excitement, but ultimately falls flat half way through in part because while the entire cast is present for this sequel, half seem to be involved in little more than an extended cameo and the others just seem to be sleepwalking through the film. Perhaps something a little more straight forward would have made it a more interesting film because quite honestly I wanted to see Ocean’s Twelve beat Benedict again, but instead all we get is a lot of half-baked crime caper action and a lukewarm story that is just not quite as fun as the original. The film also features cameos by Robby Coltrane, Eddie Izzard, Jared Harris, Bruce Willis and Albert Finney, who is uncredited in the film.

The quality of the anamorphic widescreen transfer, which presents “Ocean’s Twelve” in a (2.35:1) aspect ratio that preserves the manner in which the film was exhibited theatrically is superb and the English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack is quite lively. A French Language (Dubbed In Quebec) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack and an English Dolby Surround Soundtrack are also encoded as options along with English Closed Captions for the hearing impaired and English, French, and Spanish Language Subtitles encoded onto the dual layered DVD too. The theatrical trailer (2:16) and bonus previews for “The Aviator” (: 32), “The Phantom Of The Opera” (2:07), and “Million Dollar Baby” (: 32) precede the opening animated main menu screen. The subsequent menus are standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate.

“Ocean’s Twelve: Widescreen Edition” is available on DVD-Video now courtesy of Warner Home Video at retailers on and offline.

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