Now You See Me: Misdirection

Now you see me is an action film with a magical twist. The plotline involves four magicians, the four Horsemen, performing a series of heists through magic while trying to outwit the police and join the mysterious Eye. From the start of the film the aspect of magic is present even as the Four Horsemen are brought together, which I find effective and almost enchanting since it shows how magic can bring people together. Apart from magic, there is an aspect of misdirection which wittingly used by the four horsemen as they outwit the police. In addition to this, the idea of misdirection is used on a bigger scale on the audience to make them study each scene individually instead of the film
Correspondingly, it is also effective because as one of the films other quotes suggests, ‘when you think you are one step ahead, you’re actually two steps behind,’ which makes the twists more surprising and interesting. These series of misdirection’s’ are pulled off by the portrayal of scenes and clever directing, which effectiveness’ carries on during the action scenes and one dramatic car chase, to completely unsettle you when the truth is finally revealed. At the end of the film, the superb acting, misdirection and filming all pull together, just like a magic trick, to reveal everything, including who the fifth Horseman is. However, the use of misdirection is at fault for the ambiguity of the key antagonist and the scattered plot, which often confused me and put me off because I had to do more thinking then relaxing to make sense of it. To add to this confusion, one scene was ridiculous, and while it allowed the plot to flow, the portrayal of the scene did not work well for me because it seemed to let the film down as all of the other scenes had been cleverly played out. Furthermore, the lack of depth in some of the characters did not work well either because while it