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Four magicians team up with a wealthy benefactor to basically rob from the rich and give to the poor in enormous productions that garner them more and more celebrity. Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, and Isla Fisher play the magicians, while Michael Caine plays their sugar-daddy — but it’s Mark Ruffalo who actually stars in Now You See Me, as we experience the film primarily from his point of view. Ruffalo plays a New York detective who chases the magicians from show to show, trying to catch them in the act of stealing money. Morgan Freeman plays a former magician turned ‘magic debunker’ who helps Ruffalo out. This movie will ask you to suspend quite a lot of your disbelief in the first ten or fifteen minutes, but if you run with it, it turns out to be a pretty fun heist movie with a lot of twists and turns that will keep you guessing. I enjoyed the showmanship of the magic acts, the thrill of the chase, and the mystery behind the heist. With Common, Melanie Laurent; directed by Louis Leterrier (The Transporter, Clash of the Titans).