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But viewers may need to think twice to determine if this PG-13 rated movie’s script justifies its ending. Setting up the trick takes special care if one hopes to fool his audience. The script contains a rude hand gesture, plentiful profanities and a smattering of vulgar and sexual expressions as well.

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While a city center car chase, fiery crash and vicious fistfight make up most of the film’s physical violence, the movie also includes partially exposed breasts and a girl wearing only her underwear. But any hint of repercussions vanishes like smoke, making the depiction of stealing millions of dollars not only entertaining, but also downright enticing. This arrogant attitude might be tolerable if there was some kind of consequences for the characters’ actions. Like other Robin Hood tales, there’s also an open disdain for the law, and the officers who enforce it. While Dylan wants a quick solution to the stolen money problem, Thaddeus is happy to string along an ending in order to rake in more ratings and money.įilled with enough glitz and dazzle to compete with any Las Vegas night show, Now You See Me glamorizes white-collar crime and offers a comeuppance aimed at the financially corrupt. The group also garners the attention of Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), a reality television host who routinely debunks magicians and their tricks. From that moment on, the illusionists become his bane. Forced to take the case and work with Interpol agent Alma Dray (Melanie Laurent), Dylan can’t find enough evidence to hold the performers accountable, even though the French bank vault is empty. But FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) feels differently. For that show’s finale, the conjurors rob a French bank while still on stage and share the money with the entire audience.Īrthur Tressler (Michael Caine), the group’s sponsor, couldn’t be happier with their success.

Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) all receive a mysterious invitation to form an act that eventually brings them to Las Vegas. And it’s one a group of magicians, known as the Four Horseman, appear to have perfected.īefore they were the Four, each of these players was a small-time, independent performer with skills in hypnosis, pick pocketing, or illusions. Most traditional magic shows run tricks in threes, so it made sense to me that the prestige – or last trick – would be related to how the Shrike legacy began/returns.' – / Gyrfenix.Making money magically appear is a trick all of us would like to learn.

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'I think the whole series was leading up to the return of Lionel Shrike. But, as always, some fans were quick to develop a fairly plausible narrative about the team's return to action. But executives have in their head that a one-trick-pony is somehow a franchise and want to milk it.' – / count023.Īnd second, many believe that the story ended with part 2, whose finale ended the story quite satisfactorily, leaving no loopholes for a potential third installment. 'Franchise', it's not a franchise, it was a single movie that did pretty well and they tried to make a sequel which ended up bombing. This all sounds like a great way to get the franchise back on the right track, so why don't people on Reddit want to support such an idea?įirst of all, fans of the original film are still not sure why Hollywood decided to make it into franchise, wishing that they would leave 'Now You See Me' alone.

But the second part shattered that dream almost immediately, receiving fan hatred because of the poorly written script and failure to bring something new to the table.īut it looks like producer Alex Kurtzman is ready to give the movie a chance, not only by supposedly reuniting all the members of the original cast, including Morgan Freeman and Dave Franco, but also by bringing in Benedict Cumberbatch to play the villain. With a cast like Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo and Michael Caine just having a good time while filming this entertaining story, it seemed that 'Now You See Me' could turn into a full-fledged movie franchise. The first film was released in 2013 and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon as audiences appreciated the unusual setting and truly unique action scenes.

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