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- 2016
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 2 h 9 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 2 h 9 m
Summary One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface in Now You See Me 2 only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Directed By: Jon M. Chu
Written By: Ed Solomon, Peter Chiarelli, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
- 2016
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 2 h 9 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 2 h 9 m
Now You See Me 2
46
6.2
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Summary One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface in Now You See Me 2 only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Directed By: Jon M. Chu
Written By: Ed Solomon, Peter Chiarelli, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
46
30% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
45% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
46
30% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
45% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
The heists are bigger, the illusions are flashier, and the pace is quicker. Even the cast is livelier and more fun. Perhaps best of all, the movie captures the first film’s twisty ability to twirl an audience around, so you’re never entirely sure what’s happened until everything is explained.
Jon M. Chu (several Step Up movies) has taken over directing duties from Louis Leterrier, and he has a lighter, goofier touch. He seems to get that the silliness is baked in.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 371 User Ratings
6.2
49% Positive
180 Ratings
180 Ratings
38% Mixed
140 Ratings
140 Ratings
14% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 371 User Ratings
6.2
49% Positive
180 Ratings
180 Ratings
38% Mixed
140 Ratings
140 Ratings
14% Negative
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
First of all, I cannot believe why so many people think this film is not goo enough. The reviews they've given just do not make any sense. I believe that this movie is one of the best I've ever seen. The plot absolutely blew me away. Maybe because I do magic, I think that it's astounding but the fact remains that the dialogue for this movie is indeed deep and provocative. The CGI and special effects were absolutely stunning and the use of real life magic sequences fit perfectly. The twists and turns that finally led to the dramatic finale was stunning. Another great tribute to the world of deception.
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This time around, however, the magic has fizzled. Based solely on merit, Now You See Me 2 is a sequel that should never have been made.
Everything is supersized and preposterous, but Mr. Chu, with two films in the “Step Up” franchise under his belt, is undaunted by crowds and confusion.
Compared with the first film, this one embraces the premise’s essential preposterousness, although not necessarily to winning effect.
The sheer amount of people and incident indifferently presented throughout this film suggests only an obligation to quota-filling.
We used to watch movies and wonder “How did they do that?” The problem with Now You See Me 2 isn’t that we already know the answer, it’s that we’re not even inspired to ask the question.
Very good movie beside there where some things when you stayed like huh? But very good, the cliffhanger part at the end will be told in the third movie (NYSM3). Of course there were some things that were a little off. More fun. More entertaining and the heists were good.
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new woman illusionist is useless and annoying.................................................
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Now You See Me 2.Nothing special about this movie that wasn't in the first one. I've only really ever seen this thing blow up on TikTok from those 55 part thing where they show you 1 2 minute part with horrible captions. overall. A rushed piece of rubbish. Bad movie. 3/10.
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There are several films about the world of magic and illusionism available, and many are great. This film is just one more, and it followed one of the best, to reveal itself as one of the worst.
The story is simple: after the events of the first film, the Horsemen separate and wait for instructions from the Eye. However, if some get tired and give up, others insist. Finally, they are summoned to expose the secrets of a new technological application but everything goes wrong: exposed to the world, they flee and end up in Macau, where they will have to find out who is the person who betrayed them.
What can I say about this film? That many of the most interesting and entertaining features of the first film have simply disappeared. Director Jon M. Chu was able to reveal himself to be a nullity by making a hasty film, full of unrealistic and imaginative situations, as well as clichés like the evil twin or the illegitimate son who wants to please his father. Even as a piece of entertainment, this film is quite weak and unable to honor its predecessor.
The cast is inherited from the previous film, with few modifications, but they are at a distance from giving us a good job because they weren't entitled to some decent material. So, we have again Jesse Eisenberg, more arrogant than in the first film, James Franco and Woody Harrelson, who will also give life to his character's presumptuous twin brother (a stupid script option, at the very least). Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine also returned to their characters, and I would say that they are the best actors here. The problem is that they could not do anything to improve the film given that they did not have much visibility (Freeman and Ruffalo, who appear only when necessary, are really underused sometimes). The exit of Isla Fisher (quite intelligent given that she saved herself from a film that would not add anything good to her career) was filled by the entrance of Lizzy Caplan, as a fun character that makes you smile, adding moments of spontaneity and irreverence to a film that, without it, would be more boring. The villain was incarnated by Daniel Radcliffe, but he looks like a cynical caricature, and I was never able to take him seriously.
Technically, it's a fairly regular film: on the positive side, I would highlight cinematography, with a good work of light and color, enhanced by the authentic color of the streets of Macau, a former Portuguese colony in China where much of the film takes place. The sets and costumes are good enough and there is some realism and verisimilitude in CGI and in visual and sound effects. The soundtrack, it seemed to me, is inherited from the previous film with few modifications.
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Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
National Film Awards, UK
• 1 Nomination
