Smoke and mirrors

Rating: 6/10 (23 October 2019)

Well this movie started out interestingly like one of those thrillers, a bit like Ocean's Eleven but with magic and hypnosis. However, the execution and the way the characters move are really strange at times, with no explanation. Like how does this person know a certain matter? Why does this person suddenly do that? How to a lot of questions?
Ironically, this movie is indeed what the premise is about, basically magic tricks. Smoke and mirrors. Deception but to entertain, as one guy in the movie indicated.
The greatest question though, is that if the mentalist is so amazing, why does he not simply use mass hypnosis on everyone? Or are all the "hypnosised" people stage actors? There is just so much plot holes and fantasy involved that even the supposed climaxes seem anti-climatic, some scenes were also incredibly predictable.