Now You See Me

Now You See Me (2013)
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Dave Franco, Melanie Laurent.
Director: Louis Leterrier




Now You See Me is one of those movies that just is. By that I mean, it's not going to win any Oscars, it's not an epic 3 hour long masterpiece, it's just one of those movies that entertains you for an hour or two and releases the pressure of everyday life a little.

The trailers for this were quite impressive, a decent cast, a seemingly interesting and a mysterious plot that peaked your interest. Whether it was worth seeing it at the cinema or not I don't know. Myself, personally, I probably could have waited to see this on DVD, especially since we had two rows of daycare dropout teenagers trying to impress each other infront of us.

Four run of the mill magicians are each given a mysterious invitation and suddenly end up being one of the largest and most popular magical acts in the US. But their daring tricks turn to daylight robbery when they rob a bank in Paris as part of one of their live shows, grabbing the attention of not only the FBI, but a detective from France as well.

FBI Agent Dylan Rhodes, (Mark Ruffalo) is led on a wild goose chase all over the country trying to figure out their motives and how they did it and trying to pre-empt where they will strike next.

Decent performances from Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Mark Ruffalo, but the others fall a little flat and are rather unconvincing as Vegas class magicians.

While I enjoyed it, and certainly didn't predict the ending, I think this is one that you would watch at home as a second or third option.