There’s really only one truly magical effect in “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”: the accent employed by Rosamund Pike, which seems to be traveling the world quicker than the speed of light. As silky villain Veronika Vanderberg, who gets to be evil while wearing a stunning evening gown compete with cape (my favorite kind of movie villain), she goes full Streep and then some — sometimes sounding American Southern, sometimes Eastern European, sometimes British, sometimes … well, I have no idea whatsoever, but it was a rich and glorious journey.

Otherwise, what we have here is a fairly uninspired third entry in the “Now You See Me” franchise, about a group of magicians who band together to pull off complicated heists. As franchise ideas go, this isn’t a bad one at all — who doesn’t love magic

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