For the ultimate
fake-out, consider a critter that camouflages through mimicry (looks like another species).
Edited with rapid-fire precision, "Now You See Me 2" hurtles along--a roller-coaster of teases,
fake-outs, contrivances, and jaw-drops.
You know when something is going to jump out, usually because there's been a couple of
fake-outs first before the real demon emerges.
Videos are de rigueur in the business of music promotion, and the site's rife with placeholder stills, scrolling lyrics, and
fake-outs, yet we still get sucked in by fascinating or funny work, uploaded by artists, amateurs, and corporations.
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Taking his cues from Ruth Rendell (whose novel inspired this film) and Luis Bunuel (whose Rehearsal for a Crime is quoted in a pivotal scene), the auteur unravels his five intertwined lives like a striptease, spiking scenes with little
fake-outs and MacGuffins that play havoc with our expectations.
To be sure, logic and credibility aren't sustained throughout--the final minutes play like a typically contrived climax of routine horror fare--but there's a welcome absence of drawn-out
fake-outs and last-gasp lunging at the end.
That's an important clue when you're on the lookout for possible marble (metamorphic)
fake-outs.
After setting up this promising premise, however, Wall and helmer Simon West ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") fail to sustain suspense--or even consistently maintain interest--during what amounts to 70 or so minutes of
fake-outs, pregnant pauses and, occasionally, cheap shocks.
