"If Steven Soderbergh's remake of Ocean's Eleven attempted to capture some remnant of an older Las Vegas, sounding an elegiac note in its scene of the crew departing the Bellagio fountains one by one, then the Now You See Me series seems to aspire to something closer to the Las Vegas of today. The belated third entry Now You See Me: Now You Don't swells the ranks of its tricky magician thieves to nearly Ocean's Eleven numbers,"
"It's glitzy, fun fakery that fades quickly unless you're an inexplicably hardcore fan. Those fans will recall that it's been nearly a decade since the most recent adventures of ringleader Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), mentalist Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), card trickster Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), and escape artist Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) at the behest of The Eye, a secret magician society that sends particularly skilled illusionists on righteous, spy-like missions."
"Actually, it's been even longer for Henley, who wasn't in the 2016 sequel unforgivably titled Now You See Me 2, apparently saving its more obvious moniker for this three-quel (and therefore squandering the opportunity to call the new one Now You Three Me). But the estranged quartet calling themselves the Four Horsemen are tricked into a testy reunion when a message from The Eye brings Atlas to the doorstep of a younger trio of similarly gifted magicians."
The film enlarges the magician crew to near Ocean's Eleven numbers and stages a high-gloss heist that often feels rehearsed rather than spontaneously thrilling. The story reunites the Four Horsemen—Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Jack Wilder, and Henley Reeves—after a long gap, pairing them with a younger trio of illusionists. The Eye, a secret magician society, sends the team to steal a massive diamond from arms dealer Veronika Vanderberg, aligning with the newcomers' penchant for wealth redistribution. The tone emphasizes spectacle and playful fakery, offering brisk entertainment that may not sustain casual viewers beyond devoted fans.
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