Now You See Me: Surprisingly Entertaining

It's always nice to see a refreshing take on a genre of film. In today's case it's the heist film. Now I love a good heist film, some of my favorites are 2010's The Town, 1995's Heat, and Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and Thirteen (Twelve never happened). But I always wanted to see a different take on the genre, something that had not been done for a heist movie yet. Apparently, all you need to add is magicians.

Now You See Me focuses on four magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Woody Harrelson) who call themselves, "The Four Horsemen," who are sponsored by Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine). One night, during one of their performances in Las Vegas, they rob a bank all the way in Paris, prompting FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) and Interpol agent Alma Vargas (Melanie Laurent) to investigate. However, not everything is what it seems and what follows is a very entertaining cat and mouse game between Rhodes and the Four Horseman.

So if you couldn't tell by that last sentence, I really enjoyed this movie. It was a blast to watch. However, is it "WOW ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE SUMMER?" No, I will admit there are flaws to it but for the most part, I was pretty entertained by it.

Everyone involved with this movie just seems to be having a lot of fun with their roles. I especially liked the chemistry between The Four Horsemen. They were able to bounce off one another greatly and had a nice rapport as a team. I especially liked Jesse Eisenberg, who seems to be channeling his performance from The Social Network, only he's a lot more of a douchebag here. I also enjoyed Mark Ruffalo's performance as well. I also liked Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in this movie. There's just no way to me that they will give a bad performance in their lifetime.

Another thing that surprised me about the film was the story. At times in the film, I was hooked into what was happening with the plot, and wanted to know what was happening next. I will say that the last 5-10 minutes or so of the film did take me completely by surprise and I can honestly say I did not any of it coming.

However, I mentioned before that the film did have some flaws. It does. While I did enjoy the plot, I will admit that there were some moments that seemed a bit too silly to me. also, the CGI that was used on some of the magic tricks kind of took me out of the movie for a bit. There too much of it used at times.

But overall, Now You See Me is a pretty entertaining film to watch. It's definitely an interesting take on the heist genre and even though it's got some glaring flaws, it's still a lot of fun to watch,

Grade: B