Now You See Me 2013 9 out of 10
Slight of hand and misdirection. The plot of the movie follows 4 magicians that show up to a meeting after receiving a mysterious invitation. Cut to four years later the group is now a big act performing in Las Vegas. As a part of this act they pull off a bank heist in Paris while on stage. This stunt gets them under investigation with by the FBI agent played by Mark Ruffalo --is in intent on catching them in the act.
This movie does a great job of mixing the world of Magic with a heist movie. The movie was interesting and entertaining and had you guessing the whole time trying to figure it out. Like a Magic act it was full of red herrings and misdirection. It also had a mysterious element of a secret society as a part of the plot which gave it additional depth. I don’t feel like I can really go on to discuss the plot for fear of spoiling it. The film wasn’t spoiled for me so I don’t want to spoil it for anyone else. I’ll just say that I really enjoyed the film and I’m looking forward to the sequel, which I hear is in the works.
This movie does a great job of mixing the world of Magic with a heist movie. The movie was interesting and entertaining and had you guessing the whole time trying to figure it out. Like a Magic act it was full of red herrings and misdirection. It also had a mysterious element of a secret society as a part of the plot which gave it additional depth. I don’t feel like I can really go on to discuss the plot for fear of spoiling it. The film wasn’t spoiled for me so I don’t want to spoil it for anyone else. I’ll just say that I really enjoyed the film and I’m looking forward to the sequel, which I hear is in the works.
The cast was excellent: Morgan Freeman, Michael Cane, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Jess Eisnberg and Mark Rufallo. The magic acts were cool and the action scenes were exciting.
I actually enjoyed the heist aspects of this film more than all of the Ocean’s eleven sequels –only the original from that series did it better in my opinion.
I can see how some people will be upset at the end of the film and complain about the twists and turns the film takes and how they don't buy it. I choose not to overthink it and just enjoy it for what it was --a fun and magical heist movie - but I can definitely see how the films resolution will leave many cold and unhappy with how it concludes.
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