The plan was indeed priceless as they paid utmost attention to details in strategizing and planning for this mission. If you had followed suit over the years from Ocean’s Eleven in 2001 to Ocean’s Twelve in 2004, then you had Ocean’s Thirteen in 2007 and the latest of them all Ocean’s 8 this year with an all-female cast, featuring loads of amazing and popular actresses. Although this movie had a lot of buzz and hype and it was okay, there just something missing about it, I don’t really know if I should say that, because there were no men in the crew, or the action wasn’t absolutely as impressive as the previous series, but for many they didn’t experience that “WoW” factor they were seeking when they decided to see the movie. I did find it veryentertaining seeing smart and intelligent women pull off such a mission, but I wasn’t also 100% impressed, nor my expectations surpassed. This movie talked about a group of 8 ladies who came together to carry out one of the biggest robbery yet without arms and ammunitions.
It was exciting to see the amount of planning and sleepless nights that had to go into this operation, by these ladies. A well thought out operation and a group of young talented ladies with unique skills. All played important roles as they made up for each other’s weaknesses. At the end we were all surprised as they even stole more than what was required, which made them even richer. The movie was written by Olivia Milch and Gary Ross and directed by Gary Ross. They had a well thought out and articulated story, which linked properly. The production was good, the cast and crew were on point, nice costumes and amazing action scenes. The end of the movie was absolutely amazing as the girls all cashed out to start their dream lives.
The movie started with Debbie being released from the prison and setting up a team to assist her onthe new mission she wanted to embark on. She was going to embark on a mission that will shake the whole of United States. For five years, eight months, 12 days and counting, the lead actor Debbie Ocean has been strategizing the greatest robbery of her life. She knew she was going to need the best brains and hands to join her team to help her achieve this mission seamlessly. She went back to seek for her good friend and partner in crime Lou Miller, together they went out scouting for a group of women who will be pretty to distract people and yet good one aspect of the operation. They found the jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their mission was to steal a necklace worth $150m, which they did successfully.
After weeks of strategizing, planning and having no sleep to make sure that the operation was smooth and successful, the day was here for them to strike, they were to strike at the New York City’s annual Met Gala and there the necklace will be stolen from the neck of the celebrity who had worn it to the event. The truth was that they had initially gone to view the neck piece in the Cartier store some before then scanned it with a high tech glass and then made a clone of it, looked exactly like the original one, and no one was going to find out except at the point of return. It was a beautiful plan, although filled with so many assumptions and for me, one thing going wrong meant the end of the mission, but they were lucky to have that and even much more. After the mission all the ladies moved on different cities and started a new life. The end was awesome how Debbie set up and framed the guy who had initially sent her to jail, they put a piece in his pocket and there he was being sent to jail for something he knew absolute nothing about, fantastic end also.
Cast:Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Richard Armitage
Genre: Action, Adventure & Comedy
Director: Gary Ross
Ratings: PG 13 (for language, drug use and suggestive content)
Written by: Olivia Milch and Gary Ross
Runtime: 110mins
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Ocean’s 8 was okay with a beautiful story sequel to the Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, you will wonder why 8 now, off course it will be quiet difficult to bring together 14 lead actors in one movie. I felt it was nice and a new twist with having all women in the cast, but there was just something missing out for me, one that was even quiet hard to lay a finger on. To my verdict I would say they deserve a 7/10 nice cast and story, but a bit of the real action was missing, they made it look so easy and we all know that kind of mission isn’t that easy to pull. For the action movie lovers, then you could try this out.
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