Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

Ocean’s Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

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Ocean’s Twelve ends with a twist that explains the main characters’ true motivations. Here’s an ending breakdown for the 2004 heist film.

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Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

Now streaming on Netflix, Ocean’s Twelve ends with a chronological twist that explains the main characters’ true motivations. Steven Soderbergh’s 2004 film begins with Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) plotting revenge on Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his team of thieves, who previously stole $16o million from the business mogul in Ocean’s 11. The movie franchise is based on Lewis Milestone’s original 1960 spy film starring “The Rat Pack,” otherwise known as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop.

In Ocean’s Twelve, Danny’s team is tracked down by Benedict and formulates a plan to pay back their collective debts plus interest. They settle on an Amsterdam-based heist, which ultimately fails due to the secret maneuverings of a world-class thief known as the “Night Fox.” Europol Detective Isabel Lahiri (Catherine Zeta-Jones) investigates the crimes, and warns Danny and company about the dangers of upsetting the Night Fox, the protege of a legendary thief known only as LeMarc. Ocean’s Twelve’s second act begins with Danny’s team learning that the Night Fox is actually a Frenchman named Baron François Toulour (Vincent Cassel), who is angry about not being properly acknowledged by his mentor as the world’s best thief. So, a jealous Toulour attempts to boost his legacy through a friendly competition with Danny. The goal: to steal the Imperial Coronation Egg at Rome’s fictional Galleria D’Arte di Roma.

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The final act of Ocean’s Twelve begins with Julia Roberts’ Tess Ocean being recruited to Rome to portray none other than… Julia Roberts. Danny’s crew attempts to create a distraction, which will allow them to steal the physical egg and leave a digital replica. After several team members are arrested, it appears that Toulour has won the competition, and so Danny and his team don’t receive the money they need to pay back Benedict. In a final twist, Tess and Danny reveal that Toulour actually stole a replica, and that Ocean’s crew actually won the competition. Here’s a complete ending breakdown for Ocean’s Twelve.

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Night Fox’s Long Con Explained

Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

In Ocean’s Twelve, Toulour wants to embarrass Danny and impress his mentor, LeMarc. His long-con begins when LeMarc praises Danny’s Vegas heist (from Ocean’s Eleven) while speaking with an American colleague, but doesn’t pay proper to respect to his own protege. Toulour then secretly tips off Danny’s team about a heist job in Amsterdam, which he plans to do himself, just so that he can show off. He then waits for the competition to approach him out of curiosity, which then allows him to present them with a challenge. If Danny can somehow steal the Coronation Egg first, Toulour will cover the expenses owed to Benedict, and can guarantee the money through his friend LeMarc.

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Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

Danny’s long-con begins six days before the Rome museum heist. In Paris, he and Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) meet with the mysterious LeMarc, who tips them off about Toulour’s plans. So, for nearly a full week, the Ocean’s crew is already one step ahead of the competition. LeMarc informs them that the real egg will be carried on a back pack leaving Gare du Nord station en route to Rome. Ocean’s team then boards the train and creates a distraction, which allows Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) to steal the egg among all the confusion and chaos by switching the backpacks.

Midway through Ocean’s Twelve, Isabel reveals that LeMarc stole the Coronation Egg in 1980, which is significant because approximately two dozen attempts had failed. However, LeMarc’s wife essentially made him return the loot. So, in Ocean’s Twelve, the real egg is stolen to make up for a past mistake, all the while allowing LeMarc to collaborate with arguably the premiere thief in the world, Danny. In the process, LeMarc establishes the Night Fox as the actual mark, a man who needs to have his ego checked. By the end of the film, the power dynamics are clear. LeMarc is the true master, Danny is the modern master, and LeMarc’s reputation is damaged but not entirely destroyed.

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Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

Danny’s team knows that Toulour will be surveilling them constantly, so they follow through with “a very elaborate show,” at the request of LeMarc. They also need to confuse Isabel and somehow thwart her plans to arrest them. So, the team initially plans to use a hologram egg replica, and their contrived performance becomes even more absurd when Tess is asked to impersonate Julia Roberts. When the plan seemingly goes wrong and Isabel steps in to make her big arrest, it’s revealed that the FBI agent in charge is actually Linus’ mother, Molly (Cherry Jones).

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At Toulour’s villa, he boasts about stealing the egg days before it went on display. He first scaled the museum and went unseen by Danny’s bickering recon team, and then managed to avoid a laser field thanks to his athleticism. So, all the Night Fox needed to do was focus on surveilling Danny’s crew to make sure noting odd happened. The irony is that plenty of bizarre occurrences took place, but everything looked normal in terms of what Danny and company were hoping to accomplish.

LeMarc’s Real Identity

Oceans Twelve Ending & Heist Explained

LeMarc is revealed to be Isabel’s father, portrayed by the late Albert Finney. Earlier in the film, Danny questions Rusty about why he’s been talking to Isabel, a detective, and learns that her father was a thief. According to Rusty, the man got “popped” the day before his daughter’s ninth birthday, and later died in jail. As an adult, Isabel ironically becomes a LeMarc expert, perhaps because she wanted to better understand the mindset of her father that she never really knew. By the end of Ocean’s Twelve, Isabel learns the truth after meeting LeMarc, her long-lost father, face to face.

How Danny Ocean & His Crew Beat Night Fox

Danny Ocean and company beat the Night Fox in Ocean’s Twelve by taking advantage of his egocentric behavior. Even before their Italian villa meeting, Danny is already one step ahead after being tipped off by LeMarc. From there, the Ocean’s crew just needs to maintain appearances and go along with the show. Since Toulour already believes that he has won, he pranks Danny’s team and watches them stumble along, or so it seems. From beginning to end, the Night Fox lets personal pride affect his decisions. In collaboration with Danny’s crew, LeMarc teaches his protege a proverbial and valuable lesson by reminding him that pride comes before the fall.

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