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
Jesse Eisenberg
J. Daniel Atlas
Woody Harrelson
Merritt McKinney
Isla Fisher
Henley Reeves
Dave Franco
Jack Wilder
Mark Ruffalo
Dylan Rhodes
Mélanie Laurent
Alma Dray
Morgan Freeman
Thaddeus Bradley
Michael Caine
Arthur Tressler
Michael Kelly
Agent Fuller
Common
Evans
David Warshofsky
Cowan
José Garcia
Etienne Forcier
Jessica Lindsey
Hermia
Caitríona Balfe
Jasmine Tressler
Stephanie Honoré
Atlas Groupie
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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