Oxy or just moronic?

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 2020)

This movie was frustrating. As a person who LOVES magic and slight of hand, when I saw the trailer to this movie I was very excited. It looked like a crossover between David Blaine and Ocean's Eleven, which I was totally into. But the problem here is: the magic is more out of Harry Potter than out of Penn and Teller. It is not a clever use of techniques or age old illusions, it's CGI and totally unrealistic "tricks". This movie would have been amazing if the magic was something that the actors could actually perform, something clever, with thought and actually use of illusionism. Here, the plot is so unbelievable and unrealistic, that to me, it lost a HUGE edge and didn't realize it's potential. I know many people who loved this movie and are confused as to why I dislike it so much. I dislike it cause I have seen run of the mill magic shows that could've been integrated into this film and made it so much better. I came for the magic, I left because I don't BELIEVE in magic, like this movie wants me to.