Magic
stretched beyond its limit in director Louis
Leterrier’s stylishly presented but unlikely film.
Magic
works, we are told in Now You See Me, because it relies on distraction.
While you’re watching one thing (the thing a magician wants you to watch) the
real trick is taking place somewhere else. Of course we don’t pay attention to
this implicit warning while watching this film because we are being distracted
which is the very point. Thus the movie is almost too clever for its own good
even though it is a refreshing change of pace from the endless superheroes and
exploding buildings 2013 seems to offer up. However the overall success or
otherwise of such a movie is reliant on providing a decent enough explanation
as to what we’ve seen which Now You See
Me does not quite pull off. Nonetheless it is a cool enough ride getting
there.
