However, the plot becomes more complicated when Ocean’s ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts) shows up on the arm of the targeted gambling operator.
With two weeks to perfect their plan, Ocean and his eleven accomplices swoop down on the unsuspecting desert town and begin rehearsing for their big event. In this version, the aim is the highly secured underground vault of casino owner Harry Benedict (Andy Garcia), where the cash from his three profitable betting establishments is carefully tucked away. Fresh out of prison, he skips his parole order to stay in New Jersey, and hops across the country soliciting some skillful con artists to help him pilfer an easy 100 million plus.
Forty years later, George Clooney retools Sinatra’s role as Danny Ocean and once again heads for the bright lights of the Nevada hotspot. In the original 1960s Ocean’s Eleven, Frank Sinatra heads a group of former World War II squadron buddies on a New Year’s Eve raid of five Las Vegas casinos.
