Magic tricks for children

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2013)

This is a summer film with so low expectations of possible audience that every hoax (=the speculative magic trick done by four tricksters) is explained as soon as it's showed to happen. The old rival magician (Morgan Freeman) takes care of the explanations, but the final twist of the movie is so stupid and unnecessary that you start to think that maybe it's also part of the bigger hoax... how to get your money without giving really any substance to care for, not even the undercasted characters. After seeing "Now you see me" you will miss films like "Prestige" with real aura of enchantment.
Only good reason to watch this childish film is the pursuit sequence in NY. It's much more fluent in magic than any of the stage spectacles in this film.