Now You See Me
This film makes for pretty good popcorn entertainment - and (almost) demonstrates that Hollywood movies can still entrance, even in the age of frantic blockbusters stuffed full with hollow eye candy.
InNow You See Me , four super - talented street magicians - the famed J. Daniel Atlas ( Jesse Eisenberg ) and his former assistant - plough illusionist Henley Reeves ( Isla Fisher ) - in addition to up - and - comer Jack Wilder ( Dave Franco ) and the mind - reader / hypnotist Merritt McKinney ( Woody Harrelson ) - form a daredevil chemical group known as The Four Horsemen . However , one of their stunt at a Las Vegas execution lands them in hot water with the authorities - when it seems that the four deceiver literally robbed a Parisian bank in the eye of their show
FBI federal agent Dylan Rhodes ( Mark Ruffalo ) is then assigned to the case - alongside new - to - the - sphere Interpol detective Alma Dray ( Mélanie Laurent ) - but the yoke fail to find a shred of real evidence that get in touch the Four Horsemen to the crime in head . But is this just the warm - up act for these passkey of illusion ? And what does Thaddeus Bradley ( Morgan Freeman ) - a former magician who has since dedicate his life to debunking professional illusionists - know about these four mystifying artists that he is n’t telling everybody else ?
Now You See Mewas directed by Louis Leterrier , the movie maker creditworthy for the European soda - art hitThe Transporter- as well asThe Incredible Hulkand theClash of the Titansremake . The film ’s magician caper / heist storyline - which was orchestrate by Boaz Yakin ( Prince of Persia ) and relative newcomer Edward Ricourt - works in unison with Leterrier ’s fine knowledge of cinematic technique . This gives rise to an interesting subtext about the prevail " conjuration " of movies , the design of art as entertainment , and the heightened grandness of originative integrity in an age where cynical skepticism sell .
The terminal movie resultant role is a fun and exhilarating viewing experience , which sport a magnetic band of actors and actresses - with good screen chemical science - to help and better communicate that underlying message . Yet , Now You See Mefalls scant of being a olympian pop - art statement , as the cinema ’s activeness sequences and central set piece are n’t executed withquiteenough finesse ; likewise , the introductory attempts to whirl a deep mythology feel too much like an rethink ( or , rather , continuation fodder ) . notwithstanding , this pic puddle for pretty just popcorn entertainment - and ( almost ) demonstrates that Hollywood movies can still enchant , even in the age of delirious blockbusters stuffed full with vacuous eye confect .
Yakin and Ricourt wrote theNow You See Mescript with Ed Solomon ( Men in Black , Charlie ’s Angels ) and - interchangeable to Yakin ’s screenplay for the Jason Statham thrillerSafe- the film ’s narrative boils down to a cat and mouse biz . The various twists and become along the way probably do n’t hold up absolutely under tight - examination - nor do they completely pull the blind over your eyes - but the guessing competition is fun to participate in on the room . Similarly , the inevitable " final reveal " is satisfying and does n’t have to scramble to add greater significance to the legal proceeding ; rather , it caps off ideas and themes that are developed throughout the course of the narration .
The Four Horsemen , by comparison , are not equally satisfying as fully - realized character on the surface - nor as metaphoric embodiment of certain excited timbre - despite sympathetic performances by the mold ( Harrelson , in particular , is a stand - out ) . That ’s partly because the story behind their action ( as was mentioned before ) is n’t flesh out as well as it could ’ve been .
However , there ’s a just grounds for this storytelling discrepancy ; thing is , Leterrier ’s filmmaking maneuver - which include effective trick redaction and bouncy camerawork that produces hazy Impressionistic visuals ( like a magician waving their paw as beguilement ) - are the cinematic element that aretrulymeant to illustrate the idea of " magical , " not so much the inventive plot element or ( for the most part , bare - bones ) CGI essence . Here , characterization and deeper significance is expressed foremost through action .
Because of that , Now You See Meisn’t so much a character field of study - one solidification in the world of illusionist - as Christopher Nolan’sThe Prestige ; or else , it approaches related subject affair from a very unlike slant and proves as successful incertainregards . Leterrier ’s flick trade in the nihilistic delusion ofThe Prestige- in favor of hopefulness - and shows how referencing " pic magic " can be captivating ; that is , without either coming off as self - congratulatory or waxing nostalgic about film artistry in an on - the - nose manner .
That ’s to say : if you ’re interested in a suave manifestation of cinematic showmanship ( no more , but no less ) via a thrill - ride motion-picture show featuring shifty ( yet charming ) magic performers , then you might require to take give this one a flavour .
Morgan Freeman in ‘Now You See Me’
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Now You See Meis 116 minutes long and Rated PG-13 for speech , some action and sexual subject matter . Now playing in theater around the U.S.
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Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher and Woody Harrelson in ‘Now You See Me’
