Now You See Me

Released:  2013

OVERALL RATING:  *  *  *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 being best)

Director:  Louis Leterrier
Writer:  Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Producer:  Bobby Cohan, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Main Actors:  Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco

Directing:  *  *  *
Acting:  *  *  *
Entertainment Value:  *  *  *  .5
Plot:  *  *  *
Predictability:  *  *  *

This movie was entertaining, but slightly... ummm... I don't know how to say it... too much?  I was engaged the entire time.  The acting was good.  The effects were well done.  I think it was just a little to 'much'.  I can suspend my disbelief just like any other movie watching drone, but there was something that was bugging me the entire time.  It had to be the over-the-topness of it.

Spoiler Alert:  The fact that they did not keep the money didn't make sense.  They were street performers before getting together.  Merritt, Woody Harrelson's character, would so have taken the money and would not have been in it just to be part of the eye.  It didn't fit the characters for them to have done what they did.  Maybe I'm just being too analytical.

I would recommend the movie.  There are some twists and turns that I didn't expect.  Some were obvious predictions, but others were nice surprises.  Plus, there were explosions and fights - always a good thing in movies.  :)

Favorite Scene:  The car chase - that was cool and you KNEW that the guy didn't die, but it was awesome anyway.