Film: Now You See Me 2

GENRE: Action

RATING: PG-13 for some violence & language
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 9 minutes

STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg (Social Network, Batman vs Superman)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight, Avengers); Woody Harrelson (Hunger Games)

DIRECTOR: Jon M Chu (Step Up 2, Jem, GI Joe: Retaliation)

WRITER: Ed Solomon (Charlie’s Angels, Men in Black, Bill & Ted)

PLOT: The Four Horsemen are forced to steal a tech thingy.  

FULL DISCLOSURE: I enjoyed the first film and like seeing magic tricks.

STORY STUFF: The story was interesting enough. However, I thought there were too many reveals of motives to the point where I wasn’t really surprised. The plot could have used a little more trimming. Also, I find it hard to believe that the general public would care that much about magicians. Do they even know these corporate people they are exposing?

ACTING STUFF: Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls) was a vast improvement over Isla Fisher from the last one. Caplan added an extra dose of sarcasm and fun. I did not enjoy Harrelson playing dual roles. The bad twin was pretty lame. I also enjoyed Dave Franco (Neighbors) more this time around.  

ARTISTIC STUFF: I love seeing all the magic tricks and when they reveal how they accomplish some of them. I like that many of the tricks are not just CGI stuff.   

VERDICT: Three and half stars out of five

SEE IT IF: You like magic and enjoyed the first one.

UPCOMING REVIEWS: Finding Dory