Now You See Me [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital]

Don't you love it when a great storyline comes together! This movie has a lot of great moments. The story is interesting and will surprise you in the end.

Four magicians answer a mysterious call to work for an obscure secret society. A year later, they call themselves the Four Horseman, and create havoc with their magic. Their first trick to rob a bank, drawing the FBI and Interpol into a cat and mouse game. J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) are the four magicians. Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) is the FBI agent.The group has great chemistry and their interactions have great energy. They have a fun time being interrogated by Mark Ruffalo. It's a promising start as a fun interesting movie that gives us a little insight into magicians. Then it turns.It becomes all flash and little substance. The heists keep coming. It's like the movie is its own trick. They keep pumping up the flash in order to disguise the lack of a good story. The final twist is just fool's gold. There is no foreshadowing. It's done for its shock value. Sadly, by then I was out of shock. All sound and fury signifying nothing.

Now You See Me is a 2013 American heist thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt and a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first installment in the Now You See Me series. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track a team of magicians who pull off bank heists and robberies during their performances and reward their audiences with the money, attempting to bring them to justice.I will just put it to you straight - this was a fun movie to watch. This may be due to the fact that magic on its own is an interesting display of ability, but in part this is also because a certain amount of action and mystery is woven in to this film in a strategic manner. These elements of the movie increase exponentially as it gets closer to the end, and this works to make the audience that much more excited to know what could possibly happen next. Some may argue that this movie was predictable - and in highsight, it kind of is - but there is some beauty in the fact that the magic and illusion of it all is as impactful on the viewers as it is to the actual characters within the movie; this makes NYSM feel like an interactive experience, and this was certainly a pleasant surprise.Films with a large amount of actors that are well-known can often struggle to juggle everyone's' time on-screen in a way that is meaningful. There is some certainly some bias in favor of some actos here (Eisenberg, Harrelson, and Ruffalo), but all of the actors are given an opportunity to justify their roles as essential inclusions. The characters given less screen time overall are shown performing actions that are important for moving the plot along, whereas characters with more screen time act much like a narrative "tool" that forces the story to move along in a way that isn't tedious or monotonous to watch.I was very prepared to actually make some complaints about this movie before it was over as I had a lot of questions about the plot that weren't getting answered at first; mainly, I was frustrated with not knowing the characters' motivations for robbing banks, as that isn't a decision that I can accept as being made on the fly or out of the blue. With that said, this movie dropped bombs of information like hot potatoes, and by the time the movie is done everything comes together and makes sense. This finite conclusion leaves very few, if any, details or holes that still need patching, and considering the content of this movie, that's just rather impressive.An entertaining experience the entire family can enjoy. I would recommend!

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First, let me just state the obvious before someone 'Comments' me on not stating the obvious.A) Yes, the plot is improbable. But so are the plots of most other movies. I mean, Marvel's Avengers? Not a likely series of events, starting with gamma radiation and the Incredible Hulk and ending with practically every time Iron Man flies and then lands on the ground and not getting flattened (because there is just no shock absorber or school of physics, really, that can take the pounding he gives that suit). But all in all, the Avengers was a great movie. Also, any Disney or Pixar movie can pretty much be chucked into the unlikely / improbable box and many, many of those are considered timeless classics (starts singing 'a wheema way a wheema way a wheema way a wheema way').B) Yes, the events are somewhat predictable. Again, the plot twists - and there are a few - aren't as important in this film as the way those twists are executed. They are executed masterfully and well worth the second watching. Or third.C) The storyline isn't that original, but the famous-and-probably-dead person (or people?) that stated that there are only 7 (or 5, or 11) plots in the world isn't wrong. Or that far wrong, anyway. It's not the originality of the storyline that makes this movie extremely enjoyable to watch. It's the way the each separate character disappears into the forming of the singular plot (double entendre here intended) that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. The play is the thing, in the case of this movie, not the players. [Although they have their fun moments as well.]And now for the subjective, and therefore not as obvious (although maybe obvious to those who think on the same wavelength as I do)...(***SPOILER ALERT***)(***SPOILER ALERT***)The coolness factor with some of the simpler tricks is pretty gosh darn high. Even though some of these appeared in the trailers, they were still cool when I saw them again (and again) in the movie.Here's a few.1) The handcuff trick. I want to be the person that pulls that off in real life. Seriously. Forget flying as a super power. I want the handcuff trick.2) Speaking of flying... The flying into nothingness towards the end of the movie was a pretty cool exit scene. If I had to exit, stage right, I'd want it to look something like that.3) The whole scene in the apartment when the not-so-dead magician basically runs from the bad (good?) guys by using insanely good ducking skills and a dishrag. It was a dishrag, right? Also, his sweater, or rather, creatively removing his sweater. Awesome.4) The end scene, which I am sure ticked a few people off, I actually enjoyed. Maybe because I used to play professional poker, and it appealed to me in the same way pulling off a bluff only to find that my bluff was actually the best hand (because everyone else in the pot was on crack) does.** SUPER SPOILER ALERT**The fact that the end of the movie ends with actual magic was just cool for me. Get it? They went through this whole complicated scheme using illusion and trickery to bring fantasy into the realm of reality, when, in reality, their reward was to become part of the fantasy. Me like! Some may not, but then they would be wrong.

The magic is lots of fun with the added bonus of a antagonist who manages to explain - "How they dunn it!"

We really liked this was a surprise of a movie, as wasn't expected too much. Charismatic magician Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) leads a team of talented illusionists called the Four Horsemen. Atlas and his comrades mesmerize audiences with a pair of amazing magic shows that drain the bank accounts of the corrupt and funnel the money to audience members. A federal agent (Mark Ruffalo) and an Interpol detective (Mélanie Laurent) intend to rein in the Horsemen before their next caper, and they turn to Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), a famous debunker, for help.Give it a try we loved it

Package arrived on time and in excellent condition. Great service. Really enjoyed the movie and all of the extras. Well written and acted. Great cast. Really enjoyable heist with illusions on the grandest of scales. Well worth adding to your collection.

A very cool film. Loved it.Not all the cast perform excellently as the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson but the result is still good to watch.Like many films with a twist or two at the end, I'm not sure how well this will stand up to repeat viewings but I enjoyed it in the cinema so much that I am pleased to buy this and add it to my collection. One of my few quibbles would be that maybe Michael Caine ought to retire. I love some of his films, but he was not a big plus this time.

Somehow managed to miss this film altogether?Anyway, espied the same on the site for a silly amount of cash - read the reviews, and instantly stuck it in my basket!I actually watched the film itself last night, and I really enjoyed it. I will not go into details here, just in case you decide to purchase - but if you do, and you like this genre, I would be very surprised if you would be disappointed.

I had seem a trailer on this film and it looked okay so I ordered it. I watched the film and I really enjoyed it. The story line seemed very straight forward in the beginning. As the story progresses there are twists and turns but the ending is not what you expected. I do not like to say order or not as each person has their own tastes. Myself I am not sorry I ordered this dvd.