![]() ![]() Bloody water fills a fish tank in one illusion. FBI officers engage in a brutal fistfight with a suspect in an apartment. A wild car chase through the downtown ends with a fiery crash that leaves one person dead. Violence: Characters steal millions of dollars from a bank, a personal bank account and a company safe. Why is Now You See Me rated PG-13? Now You See Me is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for language, some action and sexual content. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman. With little to recommend when it comes to these characters’ criminal activities and patronizing posturing, Now You See Me is one film parents may prefer to have disappear from their teen’s must see list. But viewers may need to think twice to determine if this PG-13 rated movie’s script justifies its ending. Setting up the trick takes special care if one hopes to fool his audience. ![]() The script contains a rude hand gesture, plentiful profanities and a smattering of vulgar and sexual expressions as well. While a city center car chase, fiery crash and vicious fistfight make up most of the film’s physical violence, the movie also includes partially exposed breasts and a girl wearing only her underwear. But any hint of repercussions vanishes like smoke, making the depiction of stealing millions of dollars not only entertaining, but also downright enticing. This arrogant attitude might be tolerable if there was some kind of consequences for the characters’ actions. Like other Robin Hood tales, there’s also an open disdain for the law, and the officers who enforce it. While Dylan wants a quick solution to the stolen money problem, Thaddeus is happy to string along an ending in order to rake in more ratings and money.įilled with enough glitz and dazzle to compete with any Las Vegas night show, Now You See Me glamorizes white-collar crime and offers a comeuppance aimed at the financially corrupt. The group also garners the attention of Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), a reality television host who routinely debunks magicians and their tricks. From that moment on, the illusionists become his bane. Forced to take the case and work with Interpol agent Alma Dray (Melanie Laurent), Dylan can’t find enough evidence to hold the performers accountable, even though the French bank vault is empty. But FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) feels differently. For that show’s finale, the conjurors rob a French bank while still on stage and share the money with the entire audience.Īrthur Tressler (Michael Caine), the group’s sponsor, couldn’t be happier with their success. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) all receive a mysterious invitation to form an act that eventually brings them to Las Vegas. And it’s one a group of magicians, known as the Four Horseman, appear to have perfected.īefore they were the Four, each of these players was a small-time, independent performer with skills in hypnosis, pick pocketing, or illusions. Making money magically appear is a trick all of us would like to learn. ![]()
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