

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Direction
Leterrier's camera swirls like it's drunk on its own cleverness.
Acting
Woody Harrelson's smarmy mentalist steals every scene.
Production
Vegas showmanship cranked to absurdly watchable levels.

Director
Louis Leterrier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isla Fisher nearly drowned filming the piranha tank escape when her chain got stuck — the crew thought her panicked thrashing was acting.
The film sparked a minor magic renaissance in Hollywood, greenlighting a sequel and briefly making magician heists a viable subgenre before everyone remembered they don't actually work narratively.
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