Desperate Acts of Magic
2013 · 1h 26m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Tammy Caplan
,
Joe Tyler Gold
Overview
A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
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