Now You See Me 2 : Review

Rating: 3.25/5.
Positive: Fun visuals. Fast pace. Knows not to take itself seriously.
Negative: Plot holes when thought of too much. Weak characters and archs.

    I actually loved the first Now You See Me. I thought the twist was cool, the magic was fun and the whole movie was tight and a modern day Sherlock Holmes meets Ocean 11. Now give that sequel-itis.

    In this movie, we have the Four Horsemen coming out of hiding and doing their tricks again. First it was to expose a corporate scam, but then they get kidnapped and after a series of events work for Daniel Radcliffe’s character. They try to steal a computer chip thing and cheenamajig they end up wanting to expose Daniel Radcliffe. See, not the tightest plot.

    The best part of this movie was the “magic”. There were lots of cool visuals. If you saw the trailer you know they stop water and so on so forth. Plenty of fun to see them do it, and you buy into it, trying to figure out how they did it. The best scene was easily the cardistry scene and when you see it you know you want to watch it again, it’s just so fun. But...then again if you think about it too much, then it has huge holes..and...Basically you need to have just the right amount of suspense of disbelief for this movie. Too much, and you just see pretty pictures. Too little and the whole thing falls apart.

    The acting...okay. Eisenberg does does Eisenbergisms and old man woody harrelson with his stuff. The weird thing is really the characterisation of some “ characters”. Like those who read anything about this movie probably knows woody harrelson has a twin brother...whose motivation is that his brother...dumped him to go solo...okay. Hes just a cartoon man. Just ugh. And daniel radcliffe also dumbest “smart villain” second only to lex luthor in bvs.

But again just dont walk into the cinema expecting a masterpiece in flim making. Close 1.75 eyes and you’ll have a great time.

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