Ocean’s Twelve

*** - This sequel to 2001’s “Ocean’s Eleven” has the same quality filmmaking and acting attributes as the first film, but lacks a certain focus and is probably a notch below it in terms of overall entertainment value. It’s been three years since the Vegas heist that the first film centered on, and the titular crew all have gone their separate ways. However, Andy Garcia (the victim of the crime from “Ocean’s Eleven”) has managed to track them all down and has given them two weeks to return the $160 million they stole from him plus interest. This results in an Amsterdam reunion of the gang in which they are hired out for a new heist. And this is where the movie started to lose me. This heist would gain them only $2.5 million of the $97 million they need to collect, and they only had like 10 days left at that point, so why bother? Anyway, that heist (which fails, by the way) leads to another in Paris (which I think I may have dozed off during) and then a meeting with Vincent Cassel who plays some sort of rival super thief. They all end up in Rome in an attempt to steal a Faberge egg, and Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis get involved and there’s lots of running around and talking fast and whatnot. It still has its entertaining moments, but I had trouble understanding the motivations of the characters for doing what they did, and didn’t fully follow why they went where they went. I’ve seen worse, though, and the score was pretty catchy.