Criminal Issues in the Oceans Eleven - Movie Review Example

Together the eleven compatriots plot to rob five Las Vegas casinos in a single night during the New Year celebration. Danny Ocean recruits his old friend Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), and they pool a dream gang of criminals, each of whom has a special role. There is a computer expert, a destruction expert, a con man, a pickpocket, etc.

When the plane is on the move, Danny Ocean goes to the Bellagio. Benedict sees him and has him confined in the storeroom to be tortured by the Bruiser. But, Bruiser his friend and allows him to escape via a ventilation shaft to join his group in the vault. Linus pretends to be a gaming agent and informs Benedict that one of his workers is a former con. Linus and Frank stage fight in the presence of Benedict so that Linus can steal codes to access the vault written on a piece of paper inside Benedict's coat.

Yen joins the team in the casino vault to help in activating the explosives from the inside. Posing as a rich arms dealer Saul sneaks explosives into the casino and then fakes a heart attack that is treated by Rusty pretending to be a doctor.

The group triggers a stolen device to briefly interrupt the casino's power system, allowing them to break the vault unnoticed. As Benedict tries to restore calmness resulting from the power outage, Rusty secretly calls him and informs him that the vault is being robbed and that all the money will be damaged if he fails to cooperate in stocking some money into a  car waiting outside. After observing video footage of the vault, he cooperates in loading the money but orders his team to follow the car after it leaves and calls security to safeguard the money left in the vault.

The men following the car find out that it is being remotely controlled and instead of money, it's carrying flyers. Benedict realizes that the vault video footage he had been watching was pre-recorded and was pre-recorded. A flashback shows that Danny had used the vault replica to produce the false video Benedict had watched. The rest of the group posed as security officials and steal the money in the vault when responding to Benedict’s distress call. Benedict then goes back to where Danny is and finds him still there leaving him with nobody to connect to the theft.

The characters in this movie are inspired by the desire to achieve their goals. Their will to organize the celebration was motivated by their desire to commit a crime. Using their creativity they come up with a unique plan to steal US$150 million to share amongst them.

Danny Ocean is a creative character who formulated a plan that nobody can imagine. He is a charismatic leader and a thinker who comes up with ways to solve problems. He is also secretive because he never revealed to his team that Benedict was involved with his ex-wife. The viewers are likely to portray him as a person who uses intellect rather than authority. Dan Ocean is a motivated and dedicated leader who works smartly to achieve his goals.

This movie shows how social structure influences behavioral deviance. Dan Ocean takes advantage of his compatriots in World War II and lures them into crime. From this movie, we learn that social ecology influences criminal acts. Social disorders as a result of poverty and isolation contribute to higher levels of crime. In addition, the social theory postulates that crime can be prevented by getting rid of situations conducive to its occurrence. It can thus be argued that the presence of the celebration created an environment conducive to crime occurrence.