Deceptively bad

Rating: 4/10 (25 April 2014)

Now you see me has a decent cast, capable of contributing to a much better movie, a decent premise, with the potential for an intelligently written plot full of twists and intelligent misdirection, but the only real misdirection produced was sitting through the movie expecting it to get better. I normally love finishing a movie riddled with twists and turns, foreshadowing and clues inter-weaved with red herrings and deceit, as everything is slowly pieced together following a big reveal. To my disappointment I ended Now You See Me with the thoughts - "That was just dumb". Now You See Me falls dreadfully short of its potential but still however may to entertain younger views that are content with the big budget feel and sparse scenes of interest. Hopefully everyone won't be put off by the lack of substance provided.