Questionable plot saved by pleasant performances

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2013)

Magic topics in the era of digital cinema are not as they were in the past, as at present you can create virtually everything. All this made the plot complex to follow at times - the line of possible and impossible was gone and, until the end, it was difficult to realize whether it had fairy-tale elements or not. At least to me, the solution (= who was behind all this) was factitious, bearing in mind most of preceding actions, especially the fight in an apartment...
Nevertheless, the events were catchy to follow, and actors like Jesse Eisenberg (as J. Daniel Atlas), Mark Ruffalo (as Dylan Rhodes), Woody Harrelson (as Merritt McKinney), Morgan Freeman (as Thaddeus Bradley, Michael Caine (as Arthur Tressler) are always up to their scratch... The others were nothing special, but nobody was annoying, i.e. settled their characters in a decent manner.
Another pleasant thriller movie directed by famous French director Louis Leterrier - not an eternal masterpiece, but far above average.