a happy return to the big screen

Review of Now you see me 3the film that reunites the original cast of the previous two films and incorporates new characters for a great new illusion trick. Premieres on November 14th.

After Now you see me…. and now you see me 2 the director Ruben Fleischer replaces Louis Leterrier and Jon M. Chu to relaunch an intellectual property that has consistently performed wonderfully at the box office. And it’s good news because with Now you see me 3 we are facing a Well thought out and structured entertainment film to keep viewers interested until the end.

It is noted that the creator of films such as Welcome to Zombieland, Poison any unknown He has, on the one hand, a great sense of spectacle and, on the other, respect for the public and a great love for magic since he was a child.

Among the film’s best assets is the non-excessive use of digital special effects or the suspension of the audience’s disbelief, which was the Achilles’ heel of previous episodes.

Now you see me 3 serves as a great reunion of the original cast, including a veteran heavyweight in Morgan Freemanwho at 88 years old is still at the foot of the canyon. This implies that the Four Horsemen will collaborate again: Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) and Merrin McKinney (Woody Harrelson).

The only thing missing is the great Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler because the actor retired in 2023… although he may return for a small role sooner than planned.

But the interesting thing is that it also launches a new team of young illusionists who come to refresh the plot and introduce new themes. The cast brings together some promises such as Dominic Sessa (Those who stay), Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie) and Judge Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievess) that combine well and have future projection.

Amazement and admiration

Now you see me 3 It’s probably the best film in the saga because it does something that the previous two didn’t completely achieve: it truly deceives us as spectators and leaves us speechless with some wonderful scenarios.

The story begins by introducing us to a group of nonconformist young people who pose as the Four Horsemen to perform a trick to redistribute wealth among common people. This immediately catches the attention of Atlas, who contacts them to recruit them.

Little by little, members of the original group will join them, each of them essential to unmask a very rich villain called Veronika Vanderberg, played by Rosamund Pike in fiction.

As expected, at a certain point we discover that there are interests much deeper than economic ones behind this rebellion and we will have several unexpected twists and turns seasoned with tricks executed massively in the purest David Copperfield style.

Now You See Me 3 is one of those films that is difficult to review in terms of content, as any slip-up could compromise revealing a lot about the plot and the fun is being surprised in such a way that we focus on the form.

Starting this project could not have been easy due to the need to manage many changes. It’s been twelve years since the success of the first film and nine since the second film, but the return is in style, with an impeccable technical account and the desire to surprise an audience that at this point is already much more demanding.

What is most captivating about the film, in addition to the interpretative return and new blood, are the sets designed for the mansion in which we find a room that rotates on an axis, turning upside down, a room of mirrors and stairs in the style of Escher’s drawings or one of those rooms that play with tilt and perspective to falsify the sizes of people and objects.

It’s like visiting the Museum of Illusionism because it actually shows that True magic is deceiving our senses and making us believe what is actually a lie.. This is how the script written by three hands by Seth Grahame-Smith (Batman: The LEGO Movie), Michael Lesslie (Village) and Rhett Reese (Deadpool and Wolverine), like a box of surprises.

Otherwise Now you see me 3 He does not renounce grandiloquence and creates high expectations in style. We all know that the plot is a McGuffin to take us from one side to the other until the final trick. And it works!