Now You See Me is a movie on the element of illusion, something little kids like to call, "Magic." If you look closely, you can see in quotes the main phrase of the entire film,
"The closer you look, the less you'll see."
This plays a very important factor in the whole of the movie, as so much is going on and the audience, if indeed they are looking too close, they'll see basically nothing of the plot until it is explained at the end of the movie by Morgan Freeman.
Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Woody Harrelson, star as the Four Horsemen, a group of "magicians" that are a national sensation because of the things that they do; which is all incredible. The effects and the magic they show is all very convincing to anybody who doesn't know better, but the ones who have seen magic shows before can probably guess how much of the gigs are done.
Although, you may be wrong, because the whole of their plan is to "Join the Eye." They want to show that the magic industry is really out there and really works.
It is a very confusing movie, more so than Inception, because the real plot isn't really conveyed. The whole time, the film re-iterates that distractions are made in order to hide the real magic, which in this case is mainly bank heists.
But what really is being conveyed is the fact of what really happens in the entertainment industry. There's always something bigger going on than what is seen.
Rating: 7 or 7.5 because of the confusion. I had to look online in order to tell you what goes on, because I had no idea. The website is here:
Re-watch value: Debatable. If you like confusing movies and solving their riddles, this is definitely for you. But if you hate movies that you have to follow and think about...don't even bother.
Bibliography: Now You See Me poster
