![]() Jesse Eisenberg has found a comfortable home in the role of Danny Ocean - err, umm Atlas. ![]() While the magicians have been in hiding since their latest score, they’re pulled out of the shadows by a bratty tech wizard (Daniel Radcliffe), who recruits them to steal an all-powerful computer chip in an attempt to get even with his former business partner and please his conniving father (Michael Caine).Īs with the last installment, the intensely charming cast is the best thing the movie has going for it. ![]() Former illusionist Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman) is still in jail after his antics in the first installment, his character patterned after Val Valentino, who exposed tricks on TV’s “Magic’s Biggest Secrets: Finally Revealed” (1997). Now, the gang is back in “Now You See Me 2,” including ringleader Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), hypnotist Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), pickpocket and card-flinger Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) and an escape artist’s son Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) who now works for the FBI.Īt the outset of the film, Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) has left the group, requiring the group to find a new member in the form of wisecracking prankster Lula (Lizzy Caplan). Yours truly was riveted by the charming cast, original premise and irresistible magic tricks for the majority of the flick, only to discover the script had little up its sleeve with its big ultimate twist. Three years ago, “Now You See Me” pulled a rabbit out of its hat to become a surprise hit - made for just $75 million but grossing $352 million worldwide - as it introduced a group of Robin Hood magicians who pulled off elaborate bank heists and gave the money to their live TV audience. WASHINGTON - Hollywood’s Horsemen are back, but how about the magic?
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