An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who
pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their
audiences with the money.
Director:Louis Leterrier
Writers:Ed Solomon (screenplay), Boaz Yakin (screenplay), 3 more credits »
Stars:Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Four magicians each answer a mysterious summons to an obscure address with secrets inside. A year later, they are the Four Horsemen, 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 Dray 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.User Reviews
If you like strong and
logical plots, you are likely to dislike this one. It's all about
appearances and show in this one, rather than actually being brilliant,
the characters and story just ask you take their brilliance for granted.
The story revolves around illusionists (implicitly portrayed as
demigods I would say) and how they manage to fool everyone and get a
little fooled themselves. Of course, with all this fooling around there
are always chances that something might strike the funny bone, that is
to say it has its humorous moments now and then but on the whole the
illusions and tricks etc. is just more of a dazzle than something
logical and realistic. There is not much depth to the characters and a
lot of misdirection to make the climax more effective, but the
misdirection only adds to the illogical nature of the plot and makes the
story hollow.
Having criticized enough the good parts for me
were the cocky-as-usual Jesse Eisenberg and some of the funny moments
but nothing else. Even the dazzle of the magic tricks was made slow and
plain by all the simple filler like dialogues. Final word; skip it
unless you don't have a better choice for a movie in mind.
If you like strong and
logical plots, you are likely to dislike this one. It's all about
appearances and show in this one, rather than actually being brilliant,
the characters and story just ask you take their brilliance for granted.
The story revolves around illusionists (implicitly portrayed as demigods I would say) and how they manage to fool everyone and get a little fooled themselves. Of course, with all this fooling around there are always chances that something might strike the funny bone, that is to say it has its humorous moments now and then but on the whole the illusions and tricks etc. is just more of a dazzle than something logical and realistic. There is not much depth to the characters and a lot of misdirection to make the climax more effective, but the misdirection only adds to the illogical nature of the plot and makes the story hollow.
Having criticized enough the good parts for me were the cocky-as-usual Jesse Eisenberg and some of the funny moments but nothing else. Even the dazzle of the magic tricks was made slow and plain by all the simple filler like dialogues. Final word; skip it unless you don't have a better choice for a movie in mind.
The story revolves around illusionists (implicitly portrayed as demigods I would say) and how they manage to fool everyone and get a little fooled themselves. Of course, with all this fooling around there are always chances that something might strike the funny bone, that is to say it has its humorous moments now and then but on the whole the illusions and tricks etc. is just more of a dazzle than something logical and realistic. There is not much depth to the characters and a lot of misdirection to make the climax more effective, but the misdirection only adds to the illogical nature of the plot and makes the story hollow.
Having criticized enough the good parts for me were the cocky-as-usual Jesse Eisenberg and some of the funny moments but nothing else. Even the dazzle of the magic tricks was made slow and plain by all the simple filler like dialogues. Final word; skip it unless you don't have a better choice for a movie in mind.
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