Now You See Me
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
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- Cast:
- Jesse Eisenberg , Mark Ruffalo , Woody Harrelson , Isla Fisher , Dave Franco , Mélanie Laurent , Morgan Freeman
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So much average
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
One of the worst movies I've watched. bunch of jobless smirky guys who are of course smarter than anyone they have met. one of them literally quoted that line!!! bank roberry was a fake but I didn't understand how it actually happened in the real bank?! dude... don't waste your time Morgan Freeman... I watched this movie cause you were in it!!! disappointed!!!
It was a good movie but...............==Warning I have taken a two bits from someone's review==You would expect suspense, twists, intelligent plot misdirection and all sorts of thrilling viewing? No. This film tries to be a lot more intelligent than it actually is. Like Atlas (Eisenberg) says, "Always be the most intelligent person in the room" or something similar, this film thinks it is being intelligent but actually it's not challenging enough. It gives too much away, isn't as unpredictable as it should be (really, you couldn't see that ending coming?) and just isn't as clever as it promises. The tricks I really wanted explaining weren't... the ones that were more obvious, were explained. The ending actually isn't a denouement, as it's been laying clues all along - and anyone who's seen a lot of films can see the "twists" coming a mile away. I focus on the twists and reveal because as a heist movie, the end is the big reveal. But it has more or less handed it to you on a plate already.The actors were good. Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson stealing the show, of course, with Dave Franco doing a bang up job with some incredible physical acting, stunts and so forth. I'm afraid Jesse Eisenberg didn't convince in his character and was annoying after a while, Franco rather underutilised really. Isla Fisher was good but clearly the "glamour" rather than a serious character, which was a shame as she was good.
You know that moment in every heist movie where they suddenly reveal that they tricked you? "It was that person all along!" or "Wait...that's what happened?" Well, this is just scene after scene of those moments. For an hour or so that can be pretty fun, but the tricks played on the audience during this film got more and more implausible (and eye roll inducing, honestly). There is nothing wrong with messing with the crowd a bit, but you should probably respect an audience more than this. Also, seeing this cast waste their talents on cute drivel was a major bummer.
As you all know I share ratings with following sequence: rating = number of stars, 6=1(poor), 7=2(average), 8=3(good), 9=4(very good), & 10=5(excellent). Now I will tell you why I have been rated this as poor.The example of type of knowledge is 'how to execute certain magic'. In the whole world everybody should be given access to such knowledge. Only such a world would be ideal. Here in this movie this idea is contradicted. The knowledge is shared only among selected ones. Morgan Freeman tries to make it ideal, but ends behind prison.When sequel was announced I thought justice would be done but the story that is woven even in the sequels is something else jumbled up. Hence even the sequel is rated as poor.