The magic is just Missing in Action!
The first movie had a relentless pace and fun magic tricks, some of which, actually worked on the audience! It had charm and a pseudo smartness which fell away when inspected too closely, but that movie disguised it PRETTY well with misdirection and actually followed its own advice, the closer you look, the more you will miss out on.
But unfortunately, this sequel is rather by the numbers and has none of the cleverness and charm which the audience were expecting.
Just like the previous movie, the four horse men are just patsies in someone else’s plan and the whole movie is spent trying to figure out who and why.
From the stale opening to the lame first act, this movie drags along. Halfway through, there were more yawns than cheers from the audience.
The ending twist / surprise (or the Prestige as Michael Caine himself said in the Nolan movie) Is weak, inconsistent with the previous movie and lacks any kind of punch.

Lizzy Caplan replaces the beautiful Isla Fisher and the movie is all the more awkward for it. The twin role by Woody Harrelson is at times funny, but ultimately it has no pay off and seems like a useless subplot. Michael Caine reprises his role from the sequel and he seems to be tired and not enjoying himself at all.
Daniel Radcliff is severely miscast in his role and he comes across as Harry Potter acting like he was megalomaniac. This role need a serious creep factor which Elijah wood brought in for sin City, unfortunately Radcliff fails miserably.
This movie is obviously partly produced by china as it involves a lot of its action taking place in Macau and the inclusion of the Chinese actors is a bit jarring. But this seems to be the new trend in Hollywood, co-financed by China. Karate kid, Transformers 4, Iron man 3 all went this route and this film really suffers for it…
The plot of such a movie should be so fast paced that the audience has no chance to think and they will just enjoy trick after trick. But this movie miserable fails in that too.
It’s boring, its clichéd and not enjoyable!
I wish this was an amazing sequel, but it sadly falls way below the mark.

Rating: 5/10. No really good reason to see this. Instead see the original again, it was much better!
Note to Marketing Team : Next time your film has a great twist about the villain, DON’T reveal it on your marketing POSTER.

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Isha Chakraborty
I agree. Even Daniel's presence didn't make it much of a nail biting experience.
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Wow i liked the card scene but the twist at end made me go crazy...🤫😍😍😍
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not meeting the expectations set by first movie, although watchable.
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