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電影講述了杰西·艾森伯格、伍迪·哈里森、艾拉·菲舍爾、戴夫·弗蘭科 四人所扮演的四位魔術師組成了一個叫做“四騎士(The Four Horsemen)”的新晉魔術師團隊巡回表演，途中，四人如同現代“羅賓漢”一般智勇雙全，高調作案，于巴黎、新奧爾良和紐約的現場觀眾眼皮下分別劫走了巨額資金劫富濟貧。
驚動了FBI派出最優秀的干員迪蘭（馬克·魯法洛飾）和國際刑警組織派來的美女警員阿爾瑪（梅拉尼·羅蘭飾）攜手一同緝盜，兩人屢屢受挫，無奈下只能請教以揭露魔術幻局揚名的薩迪厄斯（摩根·弗里曼飾）指點破案，薩迪厄斯在介入案件后，卻發現四人并不是僅僅以金錢為作案目標這么簡單，其背后還有更深層的謀劃。

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"The closer you look, the less you'll see." The magicians reiterated this magic sentence in director Louis Leterrier's caper thriller, "Now You See Me." The magicians' audiences are warned of the performers' prowess, but still miss the critical movement every time.

So is the same with Chinese moviegoers in front of the big screen. While the director tries desperately toconvince audiences that magic shows are important because they make people happy, the majority of Chinese audiences are preoccupied with the logic of the story and its many loopholes.

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco play four street magicians summoned by an anonymous person to prepare and perform a series of special magic shows. These involve robbing a bank, cheating a billionaire sponsor of all his fortune and removing all cash from a heavily guarded safe company. Morgan Freeman is an ex-magician who now seeks to expose their tricks. Mark Ruffalo and Melanie Laurent represent the authorities who are hot on their tails.

Two of the "Four Horsemen," Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson, are able to leave an impression with their on-screen performances; the rest are mostly obliterated by the running storyline. Still, viewers are allowed to feast their eyes on spectacular magic shows, one after another.

However, if you examine the story more closely, the second half of the movie is not as compelling as one would imagine based on its grand opening. While the magicians are being pursued by police, when they do getthe time to perform, the shows are accomplished under menacing circumstances and the viewers can hardly enjoy the glamour of the illusion like they did in the opening scene. It just seems the director has shiftedhis hitherto pious attention on the magic tricks to the prolonged chase, which leads to nowhere.

Despite the incoherent focus, the script by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt still shows great promise. The secret of each show is revealed right after the presentation, yet the audience is still intrigued, with anticipation for more. Meanwhile, they are keeping their eyes sharp and exercising their brains, hoping to uncover how the characters pull off each trick. Compared to other movies currently available in Chinese cinemas, "Now You See Me" is much more attractive and its audience much more willing to engage.

On a scale from one to ten, "Now You See Me" deserves a six.

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