Now You See Me 2 (2016) on Netflix
PG-1320162h 9mActionComedyThriller
The Four Horsemen, fugitive magicians who take their orders from the Eye, are sent by their handler, Dylan Rhodes, to expose a tech CEO whose new phone secretly collects its users' data.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.4/10366,174 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes34%
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Plot summary
Eighteen months after they escaped the FBI, the Four Horsemen work in hiding: J. Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Jack Wilder and Lula May, who follow the orders of the Eye, a secret society of magicians. Their handler, Dylan Rhodes, sends them to New York to expose Owen Case, a tech CEO whose new phone is built to gather its users' private information for sale. The Horsemen take over the phone's launch, but a stranger interrupts and tells the crowd secrets about the group. The team flees down a construction chute and emerges in Macau, where Chase, Merritt's twin brother, seizes them and brings them to Walter Mabry, Owen's former business partner, who wants a chip of his design taken back from Owen.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Now You See Me 2 (2016)
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- In China the film opened on 24 June 2016 with $14.8 million on its first day, a record for Lionsgate and up 67.9% on the original's first day, then took $44.4 million over the weekend. China was the film's largest territory, with $97.1 million in total.
- In October 2014 it was announced that Isla Fisher would be unable to reprise her role as Henley Reeves because of her pregnancy, so a new character, Lula, was created and Lizzy Caplan was cast to replace her as the Fourth Horseman.
- The director pushed for the sequel to be called Now You See Me: Now You Don't, but in November 2014 the studio announced the title had changed to Now You See Me: The Second Act. That title was eventually used for the third film instead.
- Morgan Freeman's return was in doubt: on 22 December 2014 it was reported that he would not reprise his role as Thaddeus Bradley, but on 19 January 2015 director Chu posted a selfie with Freeman on Instagram, verifying that he would return.
- Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, who makes a guest appearance in the film, produced its international theme song in Chinese, and the director also worked two of Chou's own songs, "Eunuch with a Headache" and "Extra Large Shoes", into the movie.
