Just watch Edward Norton alone

Julia 2022-01-25 08:03:40

When I first saw "Magician" and "Deadly Magic", I was more looking forward to the former, because of Edward Norton. But after watching the wonderful "Batman" vs. "Wolverine", the enthusiasm for this film has cooled down a lot. I bought the disc early, and waited until yesterday to finish watching.
Different from the delicate plot design of "Fatal Magic", the magic performed by Edward Norton in this film is too overwhelming. Obviously it was done with computer stunts, and there is almost no scientific basis to find. The director and screenwriter also didn't care, and simply used "Super Natural Ability" and a very vague Secret Interpretation Notebook to get through. In fact, all of this doesn't matter, because the highlight of the whole film is only Edward Norton. His light is enough to cover up all the flaws, and it can even make people turn a blind eye to the "ugly, ugly, ugly" heroine. In short, just watching Edward Norton is enough. However, I wonder how Edward Norton agreed to appear in such a substandard film, and did not bring many surprises to the audience, disappointed... For
the sake of Edward Norton, he could barely give a "okay" "Oh~

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  • Elenora 2022-03-22 09:01:16

    It was completely killed by Edward. High-quality drama programming.

  • Duane 2022-03-21 09:01:19

    70/100. The ending that claims to be unexpected ending is too many, not worthy of the many foreshadowings that have been done very well before. Paul Gammati’s acting skills are the biggest attraction, and the Oscar-nominated photography is of course also awesome. In addition, the cost of this film is less than 17 million US dollars, which is very scary.

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