Rent Now You See Me 2 (2016)
3.1 of 5 from 433 ratings
2h 3min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
The Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan) return for a second mind-bending adventure, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights and taking them around the globe. One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe), a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Their only hope is to perform one last unprecedented stunt to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind it all. - Actors:
- Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, David Warshofsky, Tsai Chin, William Henderson, Richard Laing, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Brick Patrick, Zach Gerard, Ben Lamb, Fenfen Huang, Aaron Ly
- Directors:
- Jon M. Chu
- Producers:
- Bobby Cohen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
- Writers:
- Ed Solomon, Peter Chiarelli, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
- Aka:
- Now You See Me: The Second Act
- Studio:
- E1 Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/11/2016
- Run Time:
- 129 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital Late Night Listening 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 'You Can't Look Away' Featurette
- Audio Commentary with Director Jon M. Chu
- The Art of the Ensemble
- Bringing Magic to Life
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/12/2025
- Run Time:
- 129 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital Late Night Listening 2.0, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
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Reviews (7) of Now You See Me 2
Now You Don't! - Now You See Me 2 review by MD
I loved the first film, a great and original idea that made for a terrifically entertaining movie, so I groaned the minute I saw they were doing this sequel because the original was truly a one-off.
Full marks to the scriptwriters for the way they managed to create a second movie by twisting virtually everything from the first, but really this was just unbelievable hokum, played at a frenetic pace to hide the numerous cracks in every aspect of it. I found myself not caring about either the characters or the story any longer, and I commend Isla Fisher on her impeccable taste in deciding to give this one a miss!
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Ok Sequel - Now You See Me 2 review by GI
An overly complicated plot dulls this big budget sequel. It's visually spectacular and all very Mission Impossible in its styling but it suffers from the need to be bigger and more convoluted than the first film. The cast are having great time and the magic tricks are the best part of course. Over all though it's a disappointing sequel mainly as the story is a bit hackneyed and too obvious. The Four Horsemen are on the run and in hiding after the events of the first film with one of them now replaced (new character Lula played by Lizzy Caplan as Isla Fisher was unavailable to return). Mark Ruffalo's FBI agent, but really the fifth Horseman, pretends to be looking for them but all the while there's a devilish revenge plot by Michael Caine's villain from Film No.1 aided by his son played by Daniel Radcliffe. There's some neat set pieces especially one in a very secure vault but part of these film's trademarks is that nothing is at it seems and here this is taken a little too far so that it becomes expected and ultimately a bit tedious. There's fun to be had here but it lacks the originality of story to measure up to the 2013 original.
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Defiantly missable - Now You See Me 2 review by CP Customer
Dreadful sequel. Appalling sound. We lasted 15 minutes before hitting the eject button. I would commend it to all those aged 7 and below.
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Critic review
Now You See Me 2 (aka Now You See Me: The Second Act) review by Mark McPherson - Cinema Paradiso
Watching the sequel to Now You See Me is very much like watching the 2nd presentation of a magic show you've already seen prior. I’ve seen these tricks before and notice minor differences between the two performances. Some of the cleverness still makes me smile, but the repetition drains some of the amazement. It’s just not the same the second time around.
The Horsemen, the magician group that specializes in heists with the public as their audience, have returned from the shadows for another caper. With the new addition of Lizzy Caplan to the ensemble that includes Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Mark Ruffalo, their latest target is a mobile phone mogul they intend to humiliate at a press event. With their fast talking, quick disguises and slight of hand, the group successfully infiltrates the events and wows a crowd. But they are soon captured by the evil tech mogul Walter Mabry (Daniel Mabry) - labeled as an antagonist for his distaste of magic. He desires a computer chip in a Chinese data facility and forcefully employs the Horsemen to retrieve it for him.
It’s up to the Horsemen to work together as a team to find a way out of this scenario and the movie never wastes a moment to state how the Horsemen are a team. But they’re only a team in the way everybody talks about them as such. There isn’t a whole lot of chemistry between these magicians that mostly trade insults. It almost appears as though each actor has their own scene, refusing to let the other actors step over them. Lizzy Caplan in particular is trying far too hard to stick out as the strong female of the group that her scenes become excruciating to watch.
A good magician never reveals his secrets, but these magicians can’t wait to divulge all their tricks. They do so during their heists to show off how clever they are in their schemes. The only problem with that is when they spend so much time revealing their secrets that it reached a point where I just didn’t care how any of this was done. They don’t even bother to explain some of their more elaborate outs and tricks as when Jesse Eisenberg falls back into a puddle of water and evaporates. The answer is CGI and I doubt it’d be that impressive if The Horsemen explained how render passes work. And the rest of their tricks involve them disappearing without a trace from certain areas, making them appear less as magicians and more as ninjas.
Despite my distaste for most of the movie, I can’t fault it for being a fun caper. It moves fast enough, the cast is A-list, the locations are beautiful and the magic tricks are showy and clever (the ones explained at least). If you can suspend enough belief, the movie is actually enjoyable. But if you found it difficult to do so with the previous movie, it’s even more of a chore with this movie that has all the same problems. The big plot twist revealed at the end of the picture creates a real stopping point where you’re either forgiving of the picture running out of ideas or infuriated that all of this was leading up to such a ridiculous excuse of a finale. Having seen this twist before from this series, I was more disappointed than anything. The magic just isn’t there when you can see all the strings being pulled.