Release Date: June 10, 2016
Staring: Jesse Eisenberg andd J. Daniel Atlas
Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes
Wood Harrelson as Merritt McKinney
Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
Lizzy Caplan as Lula
Daniel Radcliffe as Walter Mabry
Morgan Freeman and Thatdeus Bradley
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Written by: Ed Solomon, Peter Chiarelli, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt
After their disappearing act The Four Horseman are begging to get back on the stage. Their secrets are starting to run too deep with one leaving, the other faking their death, and their leader in the FBI "searching" for them they have to be very stealthy about going back on stage. With a new money grubbing villain they seek to take down, The Four Horseman plans fail. Now with all their secrets exposed they are kidnapped to China. There they meet Walter Mabry; he too a man who faked his own death, and is quest for secret technology makes the Horseman question their loyalty to the eye.
This is one of the most fun movies of the year. The fact that you can have "magician thieves" and not make the whole thing cheesy is inspiring. There are so many aspects of the movie that could take a sharp turn to cheesy and yet it never does just goes to show how great a team of movie makers can be. Its the perfect balancing act of love, mystery, and action. There is nothing that overshadows one part of the movie to another. It's flows so seamlessly through the story that it makes for a great film.
The movie is really all about highlight the magic. They take this skill that has been classified as "uncool" by previous movies and tv shows and they make it into something that you want to be apart of. You watch them come up with these amazing tricks and you think that you know how it's all going to play out and they still pull a surprise from out of no where. You feel like you should know more as an audience member they are are excellent in showing that "the closer you are the less you actually see".
The great thing about this film is that even though we lost Isla Fisher, and the fact that it's a sequel, the charm is still there. That mysterious charm that we had from the first film, that we didn't think it was going to be a good film and it ended up being a surprise smash, is all still there. The characters that stayed didn't have any major changes that made us love them any less and the new ones brought their own charm that made the overall film another smash.
The cast is what really makes this film, and the previous, so great. they have this chemistry that seems to work. You have almost every type of personality in this film. From the outrageous to the hermits and they all work together to bring out the best in each other. Whether they are playing the villain or the "good" guy they have this wonderful spark that pushes each other to be the best they can be in each scene.
The writing is the next crucial part to making this film so wonderful. Without the meticulous effort on the part of the writers this film would have fallen. They did a fantastic job of keeping everything a mysterious and thrilling at the same time. There was never one part of the movie where I was bored, confused, and longing for more. They kept it loose and funny as well and to the point and serious.
This film is one of the best of year. It may not win any awards at the Oscars but it's well thought out and well written and very much a great movie.
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