For those of us who have fallen in love with Danny Ocean and his crew through the first installment, 2001's Ocean's Eleven and with the harder-to-love second in the series, Ocean's Twelve (2004), this film is a must! Where Ocean's Eleven was glitzy and stylish and Ocean's Twelve was more convoluted and mysterious, this one is a mesh of the two. Admittedly, even the cast and crew says that Twelve did not live up to the high entertainment standards set by Eleven. I'm not sure if I totally believe that, but I can say that Eleven and Twelve do seem like completely separate movies...both with different agendas. Thirteen was their way of rectifying the public dismay with Twelve so when it came to glitz and glamour and entertainment, they held absolutely nothing back. The plot (does plot really matter in these films?) revolves around Vegas developer Willie Bank (played with lots of zip by Al Pacino) who fleeces Reuben (Elliot Gould as one of the "eleven") out of his share in Bank's new casino. Enter the rest of the "eleven" to right Reuben's wrong and get even with Bank. The plot, though, is overshadowed by good looking people, good looking sets, and snappy, witty dialogue that Eleven did with perfection. Apparently, this will be the last in the series, but who knows since, at the end of this one, there seemed to be the perfect entree for a number 14.
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