The new
heist movie Now You See Me gives that
age - old formula a twist, turning four illusionists into a modern day version
of Robin Hood's Merry Men who rob banks with magic and then shower their crowds with money.
Rob Cohen, the director behind such early 2000s guilty pleasures as The Skulls, The Fast And The Furious, and xXx, delivers a credible throwback to the mid-budget action - thriller programmers
of his heyday with The Hurricane
Heist — but though his widescreen competence has
aged well (it almost seems classical now), the wind - machine - assisted B -
movie thrills are few and far between.