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score 1/10
I liked the first movie, I could say that I kinda loved it.
When the first movie was released, I passed on the theater experience. At one point, I was never going to watch the first movie, but that all changed when a friend of mine had recommended it to me.
So one day, I actually sat down and watched Now You See Me after hearing a lot of mixed reviews about it. I had a lot of fun with the first movie, I thought it was creative, it was beautifully shot, the music was great, all the actors were charismatic, and the movie moved at a fast paced.
Now You See Me 2 is just more of the same, but this movies execution is much slower. Also, the circumstances in this movie are quite unbelievable. The first movie had some ridiculous, almost ludicrous, and quite unbelievable feats involved, but the second movie takes it to a whole other level.
The opening in Now You See Me 2 is a bit slow, it takes a while to get things going; However, once everybody's in place, the movie does start to pick up steam. The first job that the Horsemen execute in the movie is entertaining and fun, but then after that, the movie slows down again, and by the mid point I fell asleep. I woke up after the Horsemen had executed their second job, so I missed it, but the story wasn't hard to follow. I did fall asleep during quite a few sequences because the movie was so boring, slow, and predictable, however, even though I missed some things, I was never lost or confused when I woke up.
The fight sequences in this movie are bad, they're poorly shot, and I could barely tell what was happening. The establishing shots were good, the music also added some form of excitement to them.
The actors were still pretty likable, even Daniel Radcliffe was good, but I thought he was completely underutilized, and he barely did anything.
The "magic tricks" in this movie are completely illogical, the first movie had this problem as well, but the sequel turns every magician into a superhero, it tries to make logical sense, but I feel that the screenwriters just wanted to show the audience something cool, and so they just said, "To hell with logic!"
Overall, Now You See Me 2 is not as fun as the first movie in my opinion. This movie has one or two fun moments, but as a whole it's a complete snooze fest. This movie is 100% predictable (even if you fall asleep), it's boring, it's slow, and it's just a lazy cash grab. I dare say that I love the first movie, but the sequel sucks.
Final Grade: F
parleon-thedon 10 June 2016
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21-11-2019 09:19:27