惊天魔盗团 Now You See Me影评

惊天魔盗团Now You See Me (2013)

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Melanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Common, Michael Kelly and David Warshofsky.

Writers: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt.

Director: Louis Leterrier

SYNOPSIS:

An elite FBI squad is pursuing The Four Horsemen (Woody Harrelson, Jessie

Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco), a team of the world's greatest illusionists who pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their

performances, and then funnel the millions of stolen profits into their audiences' bank accounts. FBI Special Agent Dylan (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes-and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he's forced to partner with Alma (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of

desperation he turns to Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery.

One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians' crime spree.

A hugely enjoyable thriller, whose sleight of hand is both audacious and ambitious, Louis Leterrier's film is considerable in scale and daring. But be warned: The springboard on which the film is balanced is one that asks its audience to take a leap of faith - and embrace the illusion and the impossible. We are given strings of clues (as well as red herrings) throughout, but there are more questions than answers in this high concept and original screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt. 'The more you think you see, the easier it is to fool you,' we are told at the beginning of the film, but so fast and relentless is the action, the dazzle overshadows our ability to put all the elements together, irrespective of how closely you look, watch and listen.

The film begins by establishing the key players, beginning with four magicians cum scam artists who display their street skills for ill gotten gains in showy scenarios. There's an intriguing set up that brings the four together before meeting them onstage in Las Vegas (as The Four Horsemen) about to execute an elaborate illusion involving a Paris bank vault, an audience member and money falling like rain. The elements and execution are both showy and baffling; the presence of Morgan Freeman and Michael