Now You See Me 2
Release Date: 2nd June 2016 - Australia
Production Companies
Summit Entertainment (presents)
TIK Films (in association with)
Distribution
eOne
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Rating: M
Runtime: 124 minutes
Box Office Gross: $334,901,337 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
One year after outwitting
the FBI and winning the
public's admiration with
their Robin Hood-style
magic spectacles,
The Four Horsemen
reappear for a comeback
performance, aiming to
of a tech magnate.
Enter Walter Mabry, an
IT prodigy and the
mastermind behind the
Horsemen's vanishing act.
He threatens them into
carrying out their most
impossible heist yet. The
only way they can clear
their names and reveal
the mastermind behind
it all is by performing
one last unprecedented
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg - J. Daniel
Atlas
Daniel Radcliffe - Walter Mabry
Mark Ruffalo - Dylan Rhodes
Woody Harrelson - Merritt/
Chase McKinney
Lizzy Caplan - Lula
Dave Franco - Jack Wilder
Morgan Freeman -
Thaddeus Bradley
Jay Chou - Li
Tsai Chin - Bu Bu
William Henderson - Young Dylan
Richard Laing - Lionel Shrike
Sanna Lathan - Deputy Director
Natalie Austin
David Warshofsky - Agent Cowan
Henry Lloyd-Hughes - Allen
Scott-Frank
Brick Patrick - Chase McKinney
Zach Gerard - Hannes Pike
Ben Lamb - Owen Case
Jim Pirri - Eye Voice
Crew
Director - Jon M. Chu
Based on Characters - Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt
Story/Screenplay/Executive Producer - Ed Solomon
Story - Peter Chiarelli
Script Supervisor - Anna Worley
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Kevin De La Noy
Executive Producers - Louis
Leterrier and Qiuvin Long
Roberto Orci and Bobby Cohen
Co-Producer - David Copperfield
Casting Directors - Deborah
Aquila and Tricia Wood
Chief Magic and Mentalism
Consultant - Keith Barry
Production Designer - Sharon Seymour
Supervising Art Director - Stuart Kearns
Art Directors - Stephan Dobric,
Martin Foley, Dominic Masters,
Stephen Swain and Remo Tozzi
Concept Artists - Kelton Cram,
Matt Savage, Constantine Sekeris,
Jessica Sinclair, Randolph Watson
and Chris Caldow
Set Decorator - Judy Farr
Costume Designer - Anna B. Shepard
Hair/Makeup/Prosthetics Designer - Frances Hannon
Prosthetics Supplier - Mark Coulier
Director of Photography - Peter Deming
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Peter Robertson
"B" Camera Operator: Second Unit -
Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond
First Assistant Director - Richard Whelan
Choreographer - Christopher Scott
Stunt Coordinator/Fight Arranger - Mark Mottram
Picture Vehicles Coordinator - Alex King
Special Effects Supervisor - Stephen Hutchinson
Special Effects Floor Supervisor - Alistair Williams
Special Effects Consultant - Neil Corbould
Visual Effects Supervisor - Matt Johnson
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite -
Nicolas Chevallier
Computer Graphics Supervisor: BLIND LTD -
Andrew Booth
Editor - Stan Salfas
Supervising Sound Editors & Sound Design -
John Marquis and Nancy Nugent Title
Sound Effects Editors - Robert Kellough,
Jason W. Jennings, Greg Ten Bosch and
Eric Norris
Production Sound Mixer - John Casali
Re-Recording Mixers - Will Files and
Andy Koyama
Music - Brian Tyler
Music Supervisor - Randall Poster
Review
Magical, thrilling, and deceptive are ways to describe NOW YOU SEE ME 2 and the original movie (click here). However, the sequel is slightly more complex and struggles to meet the high expectations set by the first film. It loses the charm of the original and its element of surprise. NOW YOU SEE ME 2 takes too many risks by adding more complexity and implausibility to the plot with frequent, unbelievable twists. Director Jon M. Chu is not taking this as seriously in adding the drums to the sequel of this Ocean's Eleven-style heist thriller, compared to Louis Leterrier's flashy and theatrical interpretation of its predecessor.
Many actors from the original have returned to be in the top-notch ensemble cast, except for Isla Fisher, who was absent and never returned to the female lead role. Lizzy Caplan fills the role vacated by Fisher as the female member. She brings a lot of sass and energy to her role. Woody Harrelson not only returns to portray one of the four magicians but also plays the character's long-lost identical twin brother in a dual role made especially for him.
In addition to co-starring with the leading actors aside from Caplan, Daniel Radcliffe is no longer the famous Harry Potter. Instead, he plays a crucial role as one of the baddies out to expose the Horsemen and their activities. His performance is just a maniacal, sheer pack of menace, and nothing can prevent the actor's future after his success with the Harry Potter series. The magic tricks feel less grounded than in the previous film, because the sequel relied heavily on CGI rather than practical effects.
Many actors from the original have returned to be in the top-notch ensemble cast, except for Isla Fisher, who was absent and never returned to the female lead role. Lizzy Caplan fills the role vacated by Fisher as the female member. She brings a lot of sass and energy to her role. Woody Harrelson not only returns to portray one of the four magicians but also plays the character's long-lost identical twin brother in a dual role made especially for him.
In addition to co-starring with the leading actors aside from Caplan, Daniel Radcliffe is no longer the famous Harry Potter. Instead, he plays a crucial role as one of the baddies out to expose the Horsemen and their activities. His performance is just a maniacal, sheer pack of menace, and nothing can prevent the actor's future after his success with the Harry Potter series. The magic tricks feel less grounded than in the previous film, because the sequel relied heavily on CGI rather than practical effects.
I always thought that NOW YOU SEE ME 2 would be better than the original in more ways than you could imagine. The plot and execution could have used some work if it did not involve confusion. Overall, NOW YOU SEE ME 2 is nowhere near as good as the original, and people should see it if they liked its predecessor.
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