Movie of the Week: Now You See Me
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jaceyThis managed to slip into the cinema with no fanfare and no trailers, but it was a slow week last week, so we decided to risk it... and I'm glad we did.
The writeup says:
The writeup says:
During their performances, the world's greatest illusionists known as "The Four Horsemen" pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders. The super-team of illusionists shower the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse.
It was slick and enteraining with Mark Ruffalo playing the almost-Columbo-like FBI agent who's always a day late and a dollar short in the investigation, Morgan Freeman playing the ex-magician who exposes other fake magicians and Michael Caine playing the millionaire impressario and wheeler dealer who sponsors the Four Horseman's show - at first, anyway, because the tables soon turn. The Four Horsemen are on a mission, but there's someone else in the background. It all turns at the end and I think I'm still a little annoyed by the final twist because the director obviously led the audience up the garden path. I'd need to see it again to check if there was something I missed that might have given me a clue.
Anyhow, unreliable narrator's apart, this was well worth seeing.
It was slick and enteraining with Mark Ruffalo playing the almost-Columbo-like FBI agent who's always a day late and a dollar short in the investigation, Morgan Freeman playing the ex-magician who exposes other fake magicians and Michael Caine playing the millionaire impressario and wheeler dealer who sponsors the Four Horseman's show - at first, anyway, because the tables soon turn. The Four Horsemen are on a mission, but there's someone else in the background. It all turns at the end and I think I'm still a little annoyed by the final twist because the director obviously led the audience up the garden path. I'd need to see it again to check if there was something I missed that might have given me a clue.
Anyhow, unreliable narrator's apart, this was well worth seeing.
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Date: Jul. 19th, 2013 09:32 am (UTC)Glad to see your review. Saw the trailer last time we were at pictures and fancied it. Now must decide between this and The Worlds End for first viewing.
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Date: Jul. 19th, 2013 09:40 am (UTC)