A good magic heist film

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2016)

In preparation for seeing the sequel I have finally seen now you see me and I did enjoy this film. The premise of the film sees a group of four magicians rob banks while on show. A cop attempts to take them down even though he doesn't understand. Jesse eisenberg plays the head magician and this role really did fit him. He was eccentric but in the right way as you understand the complexity of a magicians mind. Woody harrelson is good in this film with a very charismatic performance but once again for this film his eccentricities work for the film. Ilsa fisher and Dave Franco are the other two four horseman and even though they have less to do they both do a good job as well in the roles and the whole group work well together. Mark ruffalo plays the cop going after the group and he does a good job in the film and it is interesting to see him try to tackle the group. Melanie Laurent plays ruffalo's partner in the film and she does a good job with her character having some good depth to her and a good chemistry with ruffalo. Michael caine and Morgan freeman are also in this film and they do good jobs in the roles that they have. The story has an interesting heist element to it and I liked watching the investigation into the group by ruffalo and Laurent. However, there are quite a few things that don't really make sense. Also there is a twist towards the end of the film that doesn't really add up when you think about it. The script has some interesting dialogue in it, its just nothing really stands out and adds character depth. The style has some good chase scenes and also the magic tricks are visually very impressive. However, most of it isn't very plausible and it does take a bit away from the magnificence of the tricks. Overall this is a good film that has some interesting things in it.