Die Unfassbaren - Now You See Me (2013)

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)

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jesse Eisenberg	...	J. Daniel Atlas
Mark Ruffalo	...	Dylan Rhodes
Woody Harrelson	...	Merritt McKinney
Isla Fisher	...	Henley Reeves
Dave Franco	...	Jack Wilder
Mélanie Laurent	...	Alma Dray
Morgan Freeman	...	Thaddeus Bradley
Michael Caine	...	Arthur Tressler
Michael Kelly	...	Agent Fuller (as Michael J. Kelly)
Common	...	Evans
David Warshofsky	...	Cowan
José Garcia	...	Etienne Forcier
Jessica Lindsey	...	Hermia (as Jessica C. Lindsey)
Caitriona Balfe	...	Jasmine Trassler
Stephanie Honoré	...	Atlas Groupie

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.

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Plot Keywords:

magician | heist | bank | interpol | fbi | 

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Taglines:

Come in close, because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, some action and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

France USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

31 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Unfassbaren - Now You See Me

Filming Locations:

Orpheum Theater - 842 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$29,254,674 (USA) (31 May 2013)

Gross:

$117,698,894 (USA) (20 September 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, SOIXAN7E QUIN5E

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 125 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

You can clearly make out a tag of "4H" on the wall under the Three Horsemen when they first appear at their third venue, which is outdoors in 5-Points, Queens.

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Goofs

When Thaddeus Bradley is explaining to Dylan Rhodes and Alma Dray how he began his career exposing magicians, the camera cuts to Rhodes twice. However, both cuts are exactly the same. All three characters are seated at a table. At different points during the scene, two ladies are seen passing each other on a set of stairs just behind Rhodes' as he tilts his head to listen more intently to Bradley's story. The same cut is used twice.

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Quotes

Agent Fuller: During the show half the audience was hypnotized to believe that they were in the Philharmonic. I guess that "bullshit" was a trigger word.
Dylan Rhodes: Okay. Hey, hey, écoutez! Etienne, come on down from there, you're not in the Philharmonic. How do you say "stop" in French?
Alma Dray: Stop.

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Crazy Credits

About halfway through the closing credits a scene is shown where the four horsemen arrive in the desert at a junkyard for old signs from Las Vegas. (This is only on the Blu Ray edition)

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Connections

Referenced in I Didn't Do It: Now Museum, Now You Don't (2014)

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Soundtracks

Goodnight Benny
Written by Ronald Paul Curcio Jr.
Performed by Duncan Watt
Courtesy of Heavy Hitters

User Reviews

All bark no bite.

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.