Just got back from seeing this with my daughter and wow, what a brilliant film. We were blown away by the story, the fast-pace, the acting and the big reveal.
I am an Insider, so I was able to see this film at the Showcase today for just £5 and my daughter went free, but the film was so good I would go see it again and pay full price.
IMDB lists the storyline as: Four magicians each answer a mysterious summons to an obscure address with secrets inside. A year later, they are the Four Horseman, big time stage illusionists who climax their sold out Las Vegas show with a bank apparently robbed for real. This puts agents Dylan Rhodes of the FBI and Alma Vargas of Interpol on the case to find out how they did it. However, this mystery proves difficult to solve even with the insights of the professional illusion exposer, Thaddeus Bradley. What follows is a bizarre investigation where nothing is what it seems with illusions, dark secrets and hidden agendas galore as all involved are reminded of a great truth in this puzzle: the closer you look, the less you see.
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland) plays J. Daniel Atlas, the arrogant magician of the group, Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games, Natural Born Killers) plays Merritt McKinney the mentalist, Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Wedding Crashers) plays Henley Reeves the female illusionist and Dave Franco (21 Jump Street, Warm Bodies) plays Jack Wilder the pickpocket hustler for whom no door is ever locked. I love Michael Caine (Batman, The Italian Job) who plays Arthur Tressler and Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Seven) who plays Thaddeus Bradley as actors and their confrontation scene nails their egocentric characters. Michael Kelly (The Adjustment Bureau, Dawn of the Dead) plays Agent Fuller and rapper Common (Wanted, Terminator Salvation) plays Evans and the film really benefits from the little comedic touches around the police and the audience.
Mark Ruffalo (Avengers Assemble, 13 going on 30) excels as Agent Dylan Rhodes and has excellent chemistry with Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Beginners) who plays Alma Dray, but it is the non-stop action and plot twists that really make the film. You are on the edge of your seat throughout and the colour and soundtrack really draw you in to make you feel that you are also participating in the magic show and illusion.
10/10 Tagline: 'The closer you look, the less you'll see'
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Sounds like a great film - I will have to make one of my rare cinema outings to see it! :)
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