Review of Now You See Me 2 (2016) by Alice S — 26 Jul 2016
The original "Now You See Me" had a riveting cat-and-mouse mystery plot going in. Aside from some cool visual effects and a delightfully villainous turn from one D-Rad, this sequel lacks a real story - one that doesn't talk down to the audience who already knows things that the characters don't.
My greatest pet peeve is the half-assed feminist agenda. Lizzy Caplan is awesome, but in an effort to make Lula more than the redheaded eye candy Isla Fisher played in the prequel, the filmmakers settled for lightweight feminist rhetoric.
Instead of the on-the-nose comeback of Lula petulantly calling Dylan out for being patronizing, couldn't they just SHOW her being a badass on a motorcycle? Couldn't they even just show ANYTHING from her pop-up magic show? It's all just lip service to the "strong female sidekick.
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This review of Now You See Me 2 (2016) was written by Alice S on 26 Jul 2016.
Now You See Me 2 has generally received mixed reviews.
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