So much potential. Then, ZOINKS! Scooby Doo ending!

Rating: 2/10 (4 June 2013)

Great cast, great effects, and at first, an intriguing premise. That's about it. And, unfortunately, that's probably enough to rope most viewers in to thinking it was a great film.
Now You See Me is really nothing more than the plot of a Scooby Doo episode, and I say that without much exaggeration; it's that bad and that unapologetic in how it half-ass sets it up and throws together a conclusion.
There are plot holes big enough to drive an armored car through just everywhere. Inexplicable and illogical doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.
I have to admit that I was pulled in for awhile. But around the midway point, I was beginning to wonder how they were going to tie everything together and make it work. The more I think about it now, it almost makes me angry I spend nearly 20 bucks for this tripe. I might have felt a little better if the arrogant Jesse Eisenberg character had received the punishment he deserved.
The "twist" ending should totally insult your intelligence (unless discovering Mr. Withers was the phantom of the haunted amusement park totally still blows your mind).
Unless you're 13, or have the the mentality of someone that age, do not waste your money at the theater.