Now You See Me...

Last night I went and saw Now You See Me. I had high expectations from the cast list. What film could possibly be bad with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in it two hero's in my eyes. But it seems rotten tomatoes has another view, it was only rated 46% and after seeing it I simply do not understand why. 

Now I'm in a difficult position here because there are twists in this film as any film which do not want to be spoilt, and I'm not going to be 'that' person. All I can say is go see it, simple and to the point. Make your own judgement on the film. Try and work it all out, that is the whole point and I'm sure you will be befuddled by the end.

I love magic and illusions, this film combines everything perfectly. The director is a magician in his own right, distracting the viewer from what's really happening. I'm sure with a second viewing I would sit there and go "ohhhh yeah I see it now" or "oh of course that's what happened" etc etc. But on first watch I was too engrossed about the magic tricks and "how the bloody hell did they do that" to follow any plot lines. Call me simple if you like but its hard to not get sucked into the 'show' so to speak. 

I think the casting was brilliant with a few hiccups. But the actors did a fabulous job. Freeman plays Thaddeus Bradley, a former magician who has turned to 'de-bunking' the trade. He plays a fantastic role as always. This man is flawless. Michael Caine again plays a stellar role as he always does. The casting of the Four Horsemen could have been better in my eyes. Isla Fisher doesn't bring much to the table, nor does Dave Franco, apart from being utterly beautiful. Jesse Eisenberg is such a good actor, although a little pigeon holed at the moment I feel. He plays the overly smart, condescending guy who thinks he knows everything. Which in fairness he does, and in this instance it does work. Not to mention the hilarious Woody Harrelson, who never fails to impress. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing this role. Finally, Mark Ruffalo, who has such a familiar face and voice but for some reason I can never remember any film that he has been in. Then you look and it all comes flooding back to you like "of course he was in that stupid". He again doesn't fail to impress. 

This film has been the first in a long time where I couldn't work out particularly where the film was going. I sure as hell couldn't work out any of the magic tricks. Which is what for me made this film so enjoyable. The fact that I was constantly trying to work out what was happening, what was going to happen next, how they did that, how they were going to do that and so the list goes on. 

One very happy customer. Not convinced watch the trailer here...