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.
This would-be "Ocean's Eleven" of the magic world remains watchable throughout, even as it plods along without ever quite fulfilling its potential.
– Scott Foundas,
Variety,
31 May 2013
rotten:
Leterrier also tries to pack an extraordinary amount of story and twists into a fairly ordinary running time, resulting in editing so choppy that sometimes even the easy parts are hard to follow.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
31 May 2013
rotten:
If you're OK with the film playing you for a sap, you'll laugh and clap and wonder how that bird got into that hat. But if you think there's a difference between being tricked and being cheated, you may feel swindled.
– Alonso Duralde,
TheWrap,
31 May 2013
rotten:
Complicated nonsense about four professional magicians caught up in an elaborate revenge plot.