Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 37
  2. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Less giddy and more cohesive than the original, the film doesn't waste time, plunging almost directly into a spectacular heist.
  2. Reviewed by: Robert Learner
    60
    Heist movies seem pretty quaint and analog in our era where high stakes crime is primarily electronic in nature. But until someone can make embezzlement cinematically interesting, we’re left with theft and this movie just gets away with it.
  3. 25
    A triumph for the machines, more proof that we do indeed live in the Matrix.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 43
  2. Negative: 5 out of 43
  1. 10
    great movie very well done it seems they really took a lot of time putting this movie together.great cast Mark Wahlberg is a great actor.The scene where they created a traffic jam was great. really liked this movie lots of good action very entertaining.Would watch it with a good beer. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MattC.
    10
    Cool.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. 5
    Fun movie, but rather dumb. They make so many poor choices leading up to the heist that the suspension of disbelief is non-existent. Unlike the Ocean's crew, these guys not only do things in the most un-slick, non subtle way possible, but they leave gaping holes in the plan and just make bad choices. Like having the gang leader's daughter spy on the antagonist as a cable repairwoman. Really? You don't think he might have seen her before, working with him all those years? If you can set aside all the logic problems, it's a fun movie with a great pulse. Edward Norton is always awesome, even as a sniveling bad guy. But intelligent this movie is not. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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