I suspect that this version has more emphasis on plot and the older one has more emphasis on the pack.
This is a remake of the rat pack 'Ocean's Eleven,' which I've never seen so I can't make comparisons. The film also stars Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Shaobo Qin, Miguel Perez, and Livingston Dell make up 'Ocean's Eleven,' a 2001 film directed by Steven Soderbergh.