Rip-Off Movies....Are they really worth it?

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So I watched "Focus" last night. Will Smith and Margot Robbie make an excellent acting team. They have serious chemistry on screen, and their acting styles really mesh well. But while I was watching this movie, I kept noticing little things about it...such as? Have you seen a little movie entitled "Now you See Me?" about the magicians doing the magic shows all over, and learning how to distract their audience? "Look over here, but the real magic is happening over there." Well, Focus is almost a blatant rip-off of that particular part of the movie, the only difference being that Nicky (Will Smith) and Jess (Margot Robbie) use it to rip people off. They "gamble" knowing they're going to win, because they've rigged the game, or they just flat out pickpocket. Either way, Nicky says in the film, "You get them looking over here, but you rip them off over there." Or something to that effect. Either way you look at it, if you really want to see a good movie about changing focus and performing sleight of hand tricks, then just go rent Now You See Me, because Focus just wasn't really worth it.