No use rehashing plot summary.

Rating: 4/10 (22 October 2016)

Not rehashing plot summary. There's a reason why I haven't watched it all this time. This was released over a few years ago and it looked interesting I guess because it seemed distinctive in comparison to what was being released at the time. I basically think that this is a standard action movie. It tries to present itself with having an intelligent storyline and what little there is, is glossed over by nonstop commotion. Not surprising since it's from the same director who did The Transporter -- another movie I didn't like. I suppose I was expecting something.....perhaps.....with a little more depth? A little more development? Although the movie is almost two hours, it goes by in a brisk pace. The problem is not the acting, which I thought was altogether good. I just found the whole movie pretty ridiculous. Some of the setups were quite extravagant for me such as the scene on the bridge, another is when the three magicians jump off a building and by the end when the FBI agent was in on the whole thing, and also when Morgan Freeman's character was locked away at the end. The ending especially felt very similar to an overrated film called The Usual Suspects. It's inconceivable how it all comes together. The biggest magic trick in this movie is the art of distraction into thinking there is any plausible story. These films that center on magicians i.e., The Illusionist, The Prestige, etc., I just don't find particularly intriguing. I am not sure if I would bother with the sequel, "Now You See Me, Now You Don't." Haha.