Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Now You See Me 2 is a 2016 crime movie directed by Jon M. Chu, with a running time of 2h 9m. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo and Woody Harrelson.
A year after humiliating the FBI, the Four Horsemen are hiding in plain sight when a slick tech prodigy named Walter Mabry yanks them out of retirement and blackmails them into stealing a computer chip. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and new recruit Lizzy Caplan trade card tricks, hypnotism and stage misdirection for a heist that runs on showmanship. Jon M. Chu stages the sleight of hand as spectacle, with Mark Ruffalo's Dylan Rhodes still steering the crew and Daniel Radcliffe playing against type. Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman return to keep everyone guessing who is fooling whom.
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What is Now You See Me 2 about?
A year after humiliating the FBI, the Four Horsemen are hiding in plain sight when a slick tech prodigy named Walter Mabry yanks them out of retirement and blackmails them into stealing a computer chip. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and new recruit Lizzy Caplan trade card tricks, hypnotism and stage misdirection for a heist that runs on showmanship. Jon M. Chu stages the sleight of hand as spectacle, with Mark Ruffalo's Dylan Rhodes still steering the crew and Daniel Radcliffe playing against type. Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman return to keep everyone guessing who is fooling whom.
When was Now You See Me 2 released?
Now You See Me 2 was released on 2 June 2016.
How long is Now You See Me 2?
Now You See Me 2 runs 2h 9m.
Who made Now You See Me 2?
Now You See Me 2 was directed by Jon M. Chu.
Where can I watch Now You See Me 2?
Now You See Me 2 is available on Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling and Google Play Movies.
Where to watch Now You See Me 2
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Cast
- Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas
- Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes
- Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
- Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
- Daniel Radcliffe as Walter Mabry
- Lizzy Caplan as Lula
- Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley
- Jay Chou as Li
- Sanaa Lathan as Deputy Director Natalie Austin
- Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Allen Scott-Frank
- Ben Lamb as Owen Case
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A few thoughts on Now You See Me 2
The Mentalist runs on the same trick, a performer reading rooms and staging misdirection to trap his target. For the caper's globe-trotting charm and banter, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves plays like a playable heist blockbuster. The manga Death Note offers the darker flip side, two minds building elaborate schemes to outguess each other move by move.
Slick heist crews pulling off the impossible score
Now You See Me 2 sends its magician crew after a computer chip through pure showmanship, and these share the elaborate-caper thrill. Assembled teams case the mark, split into moving parts and time everything to the second, whether the prize is a Vegas vault, a stolen fortune or an ancient artifact.
Con artists and masters of misdirection
The Four Horsemen run on sleight of hand and hypnotism in Now You See Me 2, keeping you guessing who fooled whom. These follow smooth tricksters and mentalists whose real weapon is your own attention, from a charming forger to a TV lie-reader and a notebook that kills, all built on staying two steps ahead.
Detectives and puzzle-solvers unmasking a scheme
Half the fun of Now You See Me 2 is working out the con before the reveal, and these reward the same hunger for a solved mystery. Sharp investigators and amateur sleuths pick apart locked-room murders and tangled plots, spanning a teen-detective manga, golden-age crime novels and a Hitchcock caper.