MAGIC MIKE Review By: MattInRC MAGIC MIKE is a surprisingly deep and serious film about love and male stripping that fails to keep our attention. Imagine that. MAGIC MIKE Takes It All Off In This International Trailer- Director Steven Soderbergh expresses the challenges of contemporary life in a way few do. From Ocean's Eleven to Traffic, it's all about the great price some people pay to get ahead and the lives they ultimately affect. MAGIC MIKE tries to make the case that those involved in the 'male review entertainment' field deal with problems of their own making, partially due to the nature of their chosen career (if one could call it that). And while the film is remarkably deep in expressing this lifestyle in funny and unique ways, the film loses steam midway through the third act, becoming a shadow of what it could have been. Mike ( Channing Tatum , GI Joe) is a great stripper - he knows how to work a crowd, and the girls swoon when he pops, gyrate