Let us start with the bad one …

Ocean’s Twelve – what a disaster this one is. The prequel (Ocean Eleven) was reasonable entertaining, but this one is just plain pointless and boring. You are watching a heist movie and you are expecting an interesting heist, some nice action sequences, and definitely some suspense. This one doesn’t deliver on anything. Sure, you got all the stars from the first movie, but somehow they should have spent some of the money on the story. In the end this movie will make you ask one question: ‘This is it?’

Layer Cake – I watched this one, because the producer (Matthew Vaughn) of the excellent “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” is directing this movie. Layer Cake can not hide the connection to this movie; multiple story lines seemingly disjoint cross during the path of the movie, interesting characters with lots of ‘personality’,… I had a good time watching this movie (all to the end) and I can recommend this one without hesitation (without spoiler - a 'good' ending, watch also the alternate ending!). Well, there is one hesitation, it is rated ‘R’ – and one of the reasons is violence. Not totally over the top, but nothing for the sensitive viewer.