Review of Now You See Me (2013) by Jamie J — 29 Jun 2016

Much more showy and pretentious than it needs to be, and much less clever than it thinks it is, Now You See Me still manages to be fairly entertaining.

The premise of four magicians pulling off several huge heists, much to the chagrin of the chasing detectives is a fairly nice idea, and would have really suited a campy 60's esque vibe. Instead we get mid noughties flashy effects and cgi, and precious little substance.

For the first half of the film at least I found the 'four horsemen' to be fairly unlikeable, mostly strange casting choices, and all with huge ego's to bash against each other. But to be fair I still managed to glean a fair amount of enjoyment once things started to come together. I'd probably give the sequel a punt, but with the main event complete where could you go from here?