This film involves a more mysterious field - magic. This magical skill itself is full of suspense, and it is a wonderful idea to apply it to a wonderful and exciting suspense feature film. Movies with the same theme include "Fatal Magic", "The Magician", and a Chinese movie "The Great Magician". Of course, the magic element in that movie is slightly weaker, and the comedy color is stronger. However, the above-mentioned stories took place in the industrial age of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, all with a certain steampunk flavor. The story of this film takes place in modern times, and the color of high-tech is also stronger.
In addition to some more gorgeous or exciting scenes - such as bills flying all over the sky - there are not many surprises in other aspects, such as those scams and blind tricks, which are actually more old-fashioned and familiar, and many viewers I am afraid that while watching the film, you can dismantle them one by one! I really don't know why the police in the movie are so stupid and deceived all over the place? The actors are also relatively general. For example, the four magicians are basically performing on stage, and the characters themselves are a bit thin, which may be due to the limitations of the plot. And old actors like Morgan Friedman didn't fare as well. The heroine is even more... let me say something better? Did she appear to fall in love with the male protagonist?
However, this film is not useless. In fact, I am still very interested in some magic techniques in the film, such as the balance increase method in the second magic, although the film does not give a clear explanation - I am afraid I can't explain it - but if the director really gives an answer, it should be nothing more than hypnosis and the combination of the inside and the outside, then I can't do anything about it, because I'm not familiar with these two. However, if the director can really give a reasonable and unexpected answer, the grade of this film should be on a higher level.
In fact, in addition to magic tricks, I am more interested in the daring ideas of the Four Horsemen in the film, either robbing banks in public, or dividing up the wealth of rich people in public, guessing what they will do next. To be honest, it is far more exciting than seeing through their magic tricks. many. When I was watching a movie in the cinema, the man in the front row of me watched the whole movie almost always leaning forward and leaning back. I guess this is the magic of movie directors? Don't care about the details of the magic, but focus the audience's attention on the bigger, more shocking ideas and suspense, such flaws will be less obvious, and the loopholes will be passed and quietly hidden. went.
If you describe this film to someone who has not seen it, I think this film should be regarded as the magic version of "Eleven Arhats". Of course, if you have not seen "Eleven Arhats", you can watch this film before You can study for a while, but of course you don’t need to study. You can also watch this film first. Both are typical commercial films, so it’s not too difficult to understand. The most obvious difference between the two is that this film sets a purer and more moral motive for the "big thieves", which is the Sky Eye organization mentioned at the beginning, and it seems that after such processing, the behavior of the "big thieves" seems It is more harmonious, like the modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to help the poor, punishing evil and promoting good. It's just that I always feel that such idealization is a bit bright, "precarious" and unrealistic in the real world! Is my heart too complicated?
And "Eleven Arhats" is simpler and more practical, running thousands of miles just for "wealth", and of course it may also bring love. In this utilitarian and realistic world, will such a desire make people feel more How about being more down-to-earth? And it is precisely because of the high values in the film that it is always difficult for me to judge whether Morgan Friedman's character is right or wrong. You know, the difference in values sometimes affects people's judgments about a person.
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