Naija Review Blog: The Movie, Now You See Me - Mistakes You Didn't Notice

Category: Mystery & Suspense
Director: Louis Leterrier

Written By: Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt, Josh Applebaum, André Nemec, Ed Solomon

Cast: Woody Harrelson - Merritt Osbourne, Jesse Eisenberg - Michael Atlas, Morgan Freeman - Thaddeus Bradley, Mark Ruffalo - Dylan Hobbs, Isla Fisher - Henley, Mélanie Laurent - Alma Vargas, Michael Caine - Arthur Tressler

Screenplay: Edward Ricourt, Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin

The Story

The movie, “NOW YOU SEE ME” is about the “Four Horsemen”, a group of magicians. Who pull off a series of mind boggling heists against “dirty dealing” businessmen and shower the proceeds most times to their audiences. An FBI agent and an Interpol detective try to track these magicians almost fruitlessly, because they always seem to be one step ahead of the law. It’s a “Tom and Jerry” kinda movie literally; where the chase never ends.

Heads-Up

Lately, I seem not to be able to watch movies without being distracted by the flaws inherent in them...I don’t naturally set out – with a flashlight on the dark -  looking for flaws in movies but, I somehow just notice them; and believe me this cuts the flow. I’d like to enjoy a good movie “mahn”!

You know, I like to be humoured sometimes. Trust me; I’m not a “killjoy” or anything like that, but “Now You See Me”, is one movie I couldn’t help noticing “slips” almost in every scene...did I just say that? Yes I did, duh!!!

Apart from the fact that “magic” isn’t really something exciting to majority of us in the 21st century and the fact that, we already “kinna” know exactly what’s going to happen.  Check out these “goofs and slips.”

Goofs and Slips

Just 18 minutes into the movie, during the “bank heist” show. When the French banker is called onto the stage, Daniel points out that they wouldn't be there, but for Arthur Tressler. As he says this, Henley is visible to the left of screen with her hands by her side (around 17mins55secs). Yet from the next shot, her right arm is suddenly raised pointing at Arthur, almost at the same time (around 17mins57secs).

Again, Alma's hair is tied in a bun when she is talking with Agent Rhodes (around 25mins3 3sec – 26mins37secs) just before they go into the interrogation room to meet the banker, Etienne Forcier, from the Four Horsemen show; when she goes into the room her hair is all of a sudden in a ponytail...like duh?

Before the car blows up, just to the right of the screen there’s a tyre on the floor; it came off from the wrecked car, but when the car blows up, the explosion is then seen going over the tyre. When the fire clears out, the tyre isn't there anymore (this happens at around 1hr 24min 44secs), but it reappears a few shots later (at around 1hr 24mins 49, 50, 54-56secs), what was the director thinking?

The FBI agent finds out that the safe had disappeared from the warehouse, Cowan screams, (around 1hr 29mins 40secs), "You tell me what's going on right now because this is bullshit!" and Evans then begins pretending to play a violin ("Bullshit" being the trigger word “sorta” activate the hypnosis on him by the Horsemen; just like the banker. But on their way to the safe house while on the bridge, Cowan says (at around 1hr 27mins 13secs) "Despite their BULLSHIT Robin Hood razzle-dazzle, your magicians are nothing more than common thieves". I expected Evans at this point to have begun being hypnotized, since the word, “BULLSHIT” was mentioned.

Last Words

Anyways , like I said earlier the movies contained some intriguing and fantastic moments if you ask me, so I’d suggest you just forget you ever read this review, get your ticket and go see this movie...I’m sure you wouldn't even notice the flaws.