(2018) Ocean's 8

Having never seen any of the Ocean’s XY movies, I didn’t know what to expect from this one. Luckily, it doesn’t rely on anyone knowing anything about the other movies, and is a standalone story.

Story

There’s not much to say about the plot, it’s a heist movie. Things happen, you understand half of what’s going on. Then, at the end, they explain everything else and you feel both smart and dumb at the same time.

Heists aside, this movie is a MUCH better all-female reboot of a known movie than Ghostbusters. While Paul Feig decided to put 0 effort into writing and just let his cast ramble on until you want to kill yourself, Ocean’s 8 has a sense of direction and purpose. The dialogue doesn’t seem forced, scenes are not put together as a best of cut from a bloopers reel, and nobody talks at 250 words per minute. All of which is great.

What I want to say is, this movie is in every way better than Ghostbusters. Just saying.

Everyone in the cast is great, but Sandra’s character is obviously the best one. She shined in every way, especially in scenes where she speaks fluent German. Is there anything she can’t do?

Oh, and Rihanna uses a weird combination of MacOS and Kali Linux in one scene, with an icon theme/wallpaper combo that awfully resembles the one used by Elliot in Mr. Robot.

And that’s about it.

Final Verdict

Loved this movie! Sandra was great, the rest of the cast was great, and the story wasn’t a contrived nightmare with more twists than a Chubby Checker song.

Category	Rating
Story	07 / 10
Characters	08 / 10
Sandra Bullock on-screen-time	10 / 10
Usage of 3D printers	10 / 10
No Paul Feig	10 / 10
FINAL RATING	10 / 10