Concept-wise, this strangely-refreshing interweave of Ben-Hur’s story to Jesus’ life has the potential to work out just fine. Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) acknowledges the pressure of living up to the 1959 Academy-Award winning classic by starting the film with a flash-forward of the iconic chariot scene,
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Now You See Me 2
Normally, suspension of disbelief can suffice to maximize one’s viewing pleasure in illusionist films, which tend to capitalize on showmanship to camouflage the many plot holes of the story. However, the second act of the 2013 surprise hit, Now You See Me, requires a brain entirely shut off for one
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen is a classic example of a no-one-asked-for sequel trying to ride on the coattails of its predecessor’s box-office success. The film, a follow-up to the 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, features a heavier sense of gravity due to it escalating the conflict to a city-wide scale and also
