What is magic? It is a skillful & cleaver deception, an
art of illusion.. Something to brings out hope when all is gone, something for
you to believe and keeps faith in ——“The Four Horsemen”
Now You See Me is one of the few magical based film produced which
isn’t too bad to spend your Friday night with. Though it isn’t good enough to
compete with the masterpiece of my all-time favourite director Christopher
Nolan’s dueling illusionists film “The Prestige” (highly recommended to watch
it if you haven’t) still the reasonably twisted story line, mysterious plates
played by the director & astonishing grand stage magic tricks trending the
film make it a good magician heist-thriller. The magical stuns put up by the
Four Horsemen in the show are pretty fascinating & impressive too.
However the things that puts Now You See Me in the “good
movie” rank instead of a great one would be the rather disappointing flat merely
of average ending and the lack of depth in character development. Despite the
stellar line-up of Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody
Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, its surprise to see how little
chemistry we see between the cast. Well of course Freeman & Caine put on some
impressive acting but for the rest of the crews, a brief and unconvincing magicians’
characters with lack of differentiation.
Story line: “A quartet
of street hustlers and rising stars of the various corners of the magic trade
are recruited by a mysterious hoodie-wearing figure for a series of epic
stunts. Billing themselves as “The Four Horsemen,” misdirection man Atlas
(Jesse Eisenberg) and his former assistant Henley (Isla Fisher), “mentalist”
Merritt (Woody Harrelson) and card-sharp Jack (Dave Franco) proceed to star in
magic “events” where they catch the imagination of the world and their
super-rich promoter (Michael Caine).
Mark Ruffalo is the
comically hyper-ventilating FBI agent always a step behind The Four Horsemen.
And Morgan Freeman is the mysterious magic expert who may be helping the feds,
explaining how tricks work. Or maybe he’s playing another game.”
What is the truth behind these magical illusion? will the Four
Horsemen manage to stay ahead till the end? now those are the answers to be
seek.. But remember, do not get too close, because the closer you think you
are, the less you’ll actually see, and the more you think you see, the
easier it'll be to fool you.. :)
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| Thanx to ChurpChurp for the preview :) |
Rating: 7/10~
