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Name: Now You See Me
Release Date (in Singapore): 6 June 2013
Watched on: 9 June 2013
Summary:
The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic Atlas, perform a pair of high-tech magic shows; first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funnelling his millions into the audience members' bank accounts. FBI Special Agent Dylan is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he is forced to partner with Alma (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to Thaddeus, a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is the key to ending the magicians' crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be... magic?
Personal Ratings: 3.5
Liked this show. It was awesome. I really liked all the magic tricks, and how they actually used it in real life for their plans and action scenes. It's a very unique show about revenge. Well, maybe it's because I really like magic and stuff like that.
What I did not really liked the show is that not all the characters have a very significant role to play, even though he is considered one of the main. Like he did not really have any screen time throughout the whole movie, except for the last part, where he does all the action scenes. I would have excepted them to give us more of the movie's perspective form the magician's point of view, but throughout the whole movie (except the first part), the whole time, it was in the police's point of view. They should have dropped hints on who the mastermind was, and not only to tell us at the last part. It really made the whole movie seemed like it was not really planned out that he was the real master mind. Should have dropped at least one or two hints in the show.
What I really loved about this show was the connection throughout the whole movie (ell, maybe except for the last part.) The connection in the movies flow throughout the whole show. For everything mentioned in the movie, it some how linked the whole incident together, which is what I really liked. I also loved the front part, where they actually showed the man in hoodie. I also liked how they were in their own separated ways doing their own magic tricks, before they were teamed up together. Loved how they explained the magic tricks done in the show after it's done. All in all it's really a very entertaining and interesting movie, except for the fact that probably most of it is just acting (for the hypnotizing part) and graphics.
Recommended for:
Gender: Female & Male
Age: 14 and above
Ratings PG-13
