Ocean's 8

Ocean's 8 the 4th film in the Ocean's franchise. It's a reboot/sequel in my book. Saundra Bullock plays the lead as Debbie Ocean, sister to George Clooney's Danny Ocean. And just like Danny, Debbie is a sharp con artist with a passion for elaborate heist.

This is a film I've been looking forward to seeing since I heard in was in production. And the wait was not worth it. It's okay. Good knows I love a female driven film. I don't care what anybody say about movie being remade or rebooted with women replacing men. I'd definitely prefer a original film with women in the lead but films get rebooted and remade all the damn time. Or they just change the names and situation. Tell me The Fast and The Furious wasn't a Point Break remake. More recently we got Den of Thieves cheap remake of HEAT. Why can't women get in on being unoriginal? 

But this is supposed to be a direct sequel to the other Oceans movie. And it's styled after the other film especially the original. Not the "original" original starring Frank Sinatra but the 2001 film versions. Yeah, it was a remake.Debbie like Danny is getting out of prison at the start of the film and even have a blonde #2 that helps assemble her team just like Danny. The cinematography, the transitions, the music is all very Oceans 11. We even get the 2nd layer of the con reveal at the end. And that's it.

It's just like the 2001 Ocean's 11 but with women but subtract the snappy dialogue, and the tension of will they or won't they get caught. At one point they find that there is a security device require to remove the necklace they are planning to steals within hours but they immediately have solution in the next scene. There is no real bad guy to truly hate. Or anyone on to Debbie's plan. It felt like there was no risk of them getting caught. We learn Debbie ex thru her under the bus for a con they did together and that why she was in prison but it still wasn't enough there to care about. The team as whole was just there. Everybody played there part but there was no chemistry. I don't blame the actors but the flat script. In the 2001 Ocean 11 the team has obstacles while planning the big heist and they ham it up together while figuring shit out. We never got the curveball that screws up the plan and the comedic relief of them dealing with it. There were scene were I suppose they thrown a curveball but the solution was a snap and no very funny. Everything so went smooth. In a Heist a work around should be a long shot and we the audience, step on the edges of our seats anticipating the outcome. We should be worried for our protagonist getting caught but that wasn't factor here. Maybe that's the effect of having women running the con but it makes for a boring movie

The women were stylish as the men of the other films but the dialogue was not on the same level. Man, I wanted to love this but it just wasn't funny or slick enough. How can you make a boring  film about a group of women criminal? C