Rules of the heist

Though director Steven Soderbergh initially claimed he was completely satisfied with the languid, self-reverential “Ocean’s Twelve,” he’s since changed his tune. He was recently quoted saying he views “Ocean’s Thirteen” as a make-up to fans who liked “Ocean’s Eleven.” One of the ways “Ocean’s Twelve” went wrong was in breaking the first rule of the heist movie code of conduct: It didn’t let us in on the plan.

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Heist movie rules:

We need to know how the job is to be done, so we can follow the mechanizations.

We need to see the assembly of the team and feel the tension between them.

We need to see the heist itself.

We need to under-stand the stakes if something goes wrong.

Something always goes wrong.