You See A Film Which Lacks a Polish

Rating: 5/10 (17 July 2013)

'Now You See Me' is a disappointingly thin magic sketch which implies great complexity and intrigue but only offers a quick flick of the brush and a inconclusive plot line.
Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson and Isla Fisher are "The Four Horsemen" - a group of famous magicians who get sucked into controversy when they 'rob' a french bank of all its millions in a large scale magic performance. However, as they catch the interest of the CIA, they are forced on the run whilst performing these controversies. Why are they performing these tricks? What do they have in common.
Well, when you discover the answers to these questions, you will most definitely have lost interest and the conclusions are confused and a little ridiculous anyhow. Also following in the final few minutes is a nifty twist which you won't see coming as it is a far too flawed one.
The pace of the story is too fast and for a movie that promises so much complexity and intelligence, the formula of the film in general is too linear and lacks the oomph which separates the average movies from the great ones. It's comparable to drawing the outline of a house but not sketching out the rooms, there's plenty of good ideas which aren't really polished.
On the brighter side, the acting is superb from "The Four Horsemen" quartet while Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo and Melanie Laurent also keep the standards high.
The first half of the movie is sound also.
Still, nothing to make it stand out from 2013's other movies on the box office.