Ocean's Thirteen
Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), in an attempt to legitimize himself in his later years, is conned by his business partner and ruthless businessman, Willy Bank (Al Pacino) when Bank forces Tishkoff to sign over the ownership rights of the new hotel casino they were building together. Reuben suffers a heart attack from the revelation and becomes bed-ridden. Danny Ocean (George Clooney), after attempting to negotiate with Bank, gathers up his partners in crime and plan to completely ruin Bank on the night of the opening of the casino, "The Bank", as a way to get revenge for Reuben.
They concoct a three-part plan. Firstly, they scheme to make Bank think that Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner) is one of the reviewers on the Royal Review board, which award top hotels with a "Five Diamond Award"; Bank already has several and plans on The Bank winning another. At the same time, they make sure that the real reviewer (David Paymer) is treated poorly at the hotel as to ruin its reputation. Secondly, the group schemes to rig many of the slot machines and gambling games to pay out. However, to do this, the group must overcome "The Greco", an advanced computer system that detects cheating on the gambling floor; they do this by tricking Bank to carry a cell phone with a magnetron, created by a technical expert Roman Nagel (Eddie Izzard), into the Greco's mainframe which disrupts the detection. They also are forced to turn to Ocean's nemesis, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), to secure funds in exchange for a large fraction of whatever they take from Bank to purchase underground drilling equipment in order to simulate an earthquake under the casino, forcing the guests to leave with their winnings as well as to cover their tracks, leaving Bank bankrupt. Thirdly, the group seeks to steal the existing "Five Diamond Awards" on display near The Bank's roof, and requires Linus (Matt Damon) to get romantically close with Bank's assistant, Abigail Sponder (Ellen Barkin) in order to gain access to the display.
As the team prepares to execute their plan, the group sends their deepest wishes to Reuben, and he is able to recover in time to see Danny's plan in action. The plans go momentarily awry when the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows up, tipped off on plans to rig one of the gambling table's card shuffling machines by Livingston (Eddie Jemison), one of Danny's gang. Basher (Don Cheadle) takes on the impromptu role of a stuntman to distract Bank long enough to avoid the entire group from being identified, but the FBI agents still arrest Linus. To Linus's surprise, he discovers the arresting agent is his father, Bobby Caldwell (Bob Einstein), who is in on the plan and plans to help Linus make off with the Five Diamond Awards. However, as they wait for helicopter transport, François Toulour the "Night Fox" (Vincent Cassel) arrives and takes the goods before departing, still angry at losing the previous challenge to Danny. A helicopter piloted by Basher soon arrives, and Linus, Bobby and Basher use it to extract the entire display case containing the Awards from its moorings, and Toulour quickly discovers he was duped. The remainder of the plan goes off, and as the guests flee the shaking hotel, Bank threatens to send people after Danny and his crew. However, Danny points out that Bank's history has made him several enemies, and it is unlikely that anyone will help him at all.
In the aftermath, the group uses the money to buy Reuben a deed to property north of the Las Vegas Strip to convert to his own casino. Danny also informs Benedict that he was aware that Benedict hired Toulour to interfere with the plans, and has thus had his share of the winnings donated to charity in his name. Finally, as the group goes their separate ways, Rusty (Brad Pitt) ensures that the real Royal Review reviewer is paid back for what they had to make him endure by allowing him to win an $11 million jackpot on a rigged slot machine at the airport.
