Ten days. Two movies, a messabout, a conversational meal, and general carrying on.
“Now You See Me 2” is about half the movie its predecessor was, and the predecessor wasn’t that great in the first place. This movie assumes that the audience is REALLY familiar with the earlier film, as in, “Watched it in the last week in preparation” familiar. I understand that audiences don’t like infodumps, but audiences like repeatedly wondering what is going on even less. The one bright spot was the addition of the ever-entertaining Lizzy Caplan to make up for the departure of Isla Fisher. I like Fisher a great deal, but I like Caplan better in pretty much any case. Continue reading