In cinemas: Now You See Me? You'll wish you hadn't

By the end, this tale of misdirection is so ludicrous even the cast can barely keep a straight face.

Jesse Eisenberg stars as a card sharp recruited for a grand illusion in Now You See Me. Summit Entertainment / AP Photo

Now You See Me
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher
**

Four magicians are recruited for a grand illusion in this nonsensical con movie - a tale of misdirection that, by the end, is so ludicrous that even the cast can barely keep a straight face in the flurry of reveals.

Mark Ruffalo is the browbeaten cop always several steps behind the flashy quartet - Jesse Eisenberg's card sharp, Woody Harrelson's hypnotist, Isla Fisher's escapologist and Dave Franco's sleight-of-hand rookie - that rob banks with the world watching.

There's room for pyrotechnics, smug dialogue and frenetic camerawork. An increasingly tiresome, charmless ride, its biggest crime is to take the magic out of, well, magic. Now you see me? You'll wish you hadn't

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