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#36 Madagaskar

  Story At the  Central Park Zoo , Marty the  zebra  celebrates his tenth birthday but has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild. Marty's best friend is Alex the  lion , who enjoys showing off for the public and his celebrity status as "the king of New York". Alex attempts to cheer Marty up, but Marty, still unsatisfied, learns that the zoo's  penguins —Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—are trying to escape, and follows them out. Alex, Melman the  giraffe , and Gloria the  hippopotamus  pursue Marty and attempt to convince him to return. The four, along with the penguins and two  chimpanzees  named Mason and Phil, converge at  Grand Central Station  where the authorities sedate them using  tranquilizer guns . Under pressure from anti-captivity activists, the zoo is forced to ship the escaped animals by sea to a  Kenyan  wildlife preserve. During their travels, the penguins es...
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#13 Focus


 

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A con-man Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) goes to an upscale restaurant, where an inexperienced grifter, Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie), seduces him and then pretends they've been caught by her jealous husband. When the deception fails, Nicky advises them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations. Nicky follows Jess and convinces her to have a drink with him. Over drinks, he tells her the story of how his father killed his grandfather in a stand-off, explaining the tactic called a "Toledo Panic Button" which means that you shoot your partner to show you're loyal.

Jess follows Nicky to New Orleans, as she think Nicky is very charismatic and attractive. Jess successful in persuading Nicky to take her under his wing, where she is also introduced to Nicky's crew as well, including the obese and profane Farhad (Adrian Martinez) and fellow con-man Horst (Brennan Brown). She picks a few pockets as a test, and soon Nicky and Jess develop a romantic relationship, upsetting Nicky, who was taught by his father to never become emotionally involved with anyone in their line of business. 
At the 17th Associated Football Franchise of America Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nicky gets into a round of increasingly extravagant bets with gambler Liyuan Tse (B.D. Wong), eventually losing all of the money the crew has earned. However, Nicky use his trick to win this final bets using Jess. and on the way to go Airport, he suddenly left Jess with some amount of cash to Jess.
Jess was broken heart but she start new life and one day, she meet Nicky again as he working for billionaire motorsport team owner Rafael Garriga who are boyfriend of Jess. Nicky plan to earn big money by Garriga. He tell Jess about his plan and convince Jess to work for him again, and they eventually rekindle their relationship.
However, Garriga find out the Nicky's plan and you will see how Nicky and Jess overcome the situation. 

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Who should watch this movie?

Who likes psychology tricks
Who likes crime and love story

Why I recommend

I recommend this movie as I love Psychology movies :)
Again, I like Will Smith and Margot Robbie movies as well!
It also many tricks everywhere so you probably need to watch 2 times to completely understand the concept.

Movie Details

Original Language:  English
Directed by Glenn Ficarra / John Requa
Release Date : 2015
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Time: 1hour 44min
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