By the ten minute point, Now You See Me has managed to not feel like ten minutes at all. It's done the exceedingly rare feat of feeling longer than it is, but in a good way. In a quadrilogy of vignettes we meet... You know, I HATE reviews that sum up or even say anything that's going on in the movie. If I want to know, I'll watch the movie. The review, should express the quality of the presentation not just a regurgitation of the particulars. So, to explain without giving anything away, imagine if The Avengers deftly introduced Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man and Captain America in just the first 10 minutes, AND got the plot underway... almost. The opening goes to the 13 minute mark... so not as precisely compact as Star Trek Into Darkness. (Oh, note to self, should evaluate The Avengers here... I love that movie!) There's less to say with the successes than the ones that botch their opening opportunity. This movie's opening succeeds wonderfully.
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