Now, Why Didn't I See this Sooner?

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2013)

I don't what took me so long. I really like Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman and pretty much the rest of the cast. I love caper tales, super human (and smart) character films and any movie dealing – even a little bit – with Vegas. Boy, was I wrongnot to see Now You See Me opening night.
This movie was fantastic. Fun dialogue, adventurous scenes, great twists and served all my personal needsmeaning, I love fantasy films with incredibly smart characters – à la super human – that are always 3-5 steps ahead of their enemies. 2001's Ocean's Eleven has to be the king of all of those movies. While this one was a thrill ride and it's under that masterful film, it's still highly entertaining.
Basically, four street magicians are "mysteriously" brought together and band the enormously successful "The Four Horsemen" magic show on tour. After a year of being a huge hit, they begin robbing places using their talents, which, of course, leads to being eyed, and chased, by the authorities. What's worse, if it could be for them, is a truly bad guy – Morgan Freeman's Thaddeus Bradley, who's stalking them and loves to expose and reveal other magician's tricks on DVDs for money.
(Truly, this character is despicable. I know people do things for money all the time that's truly wrong – buying politicians, running cigarette companies, drug dealers, etc, but magic is for fun, the shows are deep and lasting amusement and you only hurt those who are trying to both make a living and entertain. This man is just plain wrong.)
The nice thing – for me, at least – was that these four always "appear" to be ahead in the game and smarter than the average beardetective (Hairy Mark Ruffalo's agent Dylan Rhodes.)
Sure, these can be considered clichéd and stereotypical smart-ass characters, but I love to see super human characters on screen. James Bond has to be one of the more famous of them: Always invulnerable, always comes out on top and never ceases to throw good lines at the bad guys, lovely interests and superiors.
I won't rate the movie as perfect, or even near-perfect, but I did have a great time. Even though it's magic they perform, some of the tricks even made me say: HmmmReally? And the further you get into the story, the more you can predict what the outcome(s) will be. All but one, that is. One major and final twist made me literally floored when revealed. In addition to loving super human characters, I adore at least one huge twist I never even thought about. I guess it's like being at a real magic show.
Not really to be taken seriously, but just to have a great night with the moviesI thoroughly recommend this caper. See Now You See Me.