Despite its poor reviews Jack and I quite enjoyed this yarn about some cocky magicians, who hold up banks from afar, and a few interested parties trying to catch them in the act. The first-rate cast includes Jesse Eisenberg (last blogged in To Rome With Love), Woody Harrelson (most recently in Seven Psychopaths), Isla Fisher (two weeks ago in The Great Gatsby), and Dave Franco (he has the same goofy grin as his brother James!) as the magicians, and Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers), Mélanie Laurent (The Day I Saw Your Heart), Morgan Freeman (Red), and Michael Caine (covered in Is Anybody There?; I guess I forgot to mention him in The Dark Knight Rises) as the pursuers.
Director Louis Leterrier (of his six features I've seen only The Incredible Hulk (2008) with Edward Norton) keeps us guessing with help from his cast and a script with collaboration by Ed Solomon (co-wrote both Bill & Ted's Adventures movies and TV series (didn't see them), Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), the first Men in Black (1997), the funny Garry Shandling vehicle What Planet Are You From? (2000), and more), Boaz Yakin (new to me), and Edward Ricourt (his first anything on imdb). Apropos of nothing, tomorrow, June 17 2013, is Leterrier's 40th birthday.
A half hour ago I wrote that I hadn't heard of composer Brian Tyler of Iron Man 3. He wrote the music for this one too! Here's a video of him playing a lot of instruments on a selection from this movie. And a short list of songs on the soundtrack.
Audiences at 75% are voting with their wallets against the sourpuss critics whose 48% average on rottentomatoes can't sink this twisty thriller. As of tonight, Sunday, it's #3 at the box office in its third week of release.
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