Now You See Me 2
Now You See Me 2 (also known as Now You See Me: The Second Act) is a 2016 American heist film that serves as a sequel to 2013's Now You See Me and the second installment in the Now You See Me series.
- Directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Ed Solomon and a story by Solomon and Peter Chiarelli.
Thaddeus Bradley
[edit]- The Eye. It may not lie, but don't think for a moment that it can't be lying, too. Seeing is believing. But is it truth... or just an illusion? People see the Horsemen as noble Robin Hoods. But are they? Or are they nothing more than common thieves? Depends on your point of view. Here's what you know: they robbed a bank in Paris from a stage in Las Vegas. They fleeced an insurance magnate out of hundreds of millions of dollars and disappeared from a roof in New York, always showering their devoted fans with money. Here's what you don't know: they left one man behind, framed, holding the bag... me.
- Are you listening, Horsemen? When you emerge, and I know you will, I will be there, waiting for you. 'Cause mark my words, you will get what's coming to you... in ways you can't expect, or imagine, but very much deserve. Because one thing I believe in is an eye for an eye.
Giant computer-generated face with a demonic voice
[edit]- As the Horsemen like to say, magic is about controlling perception. You see them as champions of the truth. But are they? Or is that just another one of their illusions? So since they clearly love secrets, let's reveal some of theirs. Do you recall the death of Jack Wilder? What if I told you that he's not just alive, but he's actually right here! And do you know who else is here? The FBI. Let's let them in, shall we? And now, for the big reveal. There is a fifth Horseman. And he's not only their leader; he's also the biggest criminal of them all. Soon-to-be former FBI agent Dylan Rhodes!
Walter Mabry
[edit]- Before you die, Dylan, I would like you to really take this moment in because this is the consequence of your personal vendetta come to life and staring you in the face. I also want you to know that when you're gone, we're not going to stop. We're gonna destroy everything you believe in, starting with the Horsemen, and ending with the Eye. Now then, cast your mind back to standing by the banks of the river watching your father descend, disgraced and discredited. The horrid psychic pain as you have relived for years. I felt that same thing two years ago as you drained not just my father's fortune, but his dignity! And yet you took pleasure from it. This should bring back some childhood memories.
- You know, you make it almost too easy? I mean, even your hilarious attempts to make yourselves unpredictable, just follow the same pattern each time. Set up, set up, set up. Big reveal. Which, tonight, was going to be at the stroke of midnight, middle of the Thames? Tell me if I'm warm. Well, there will be a big reveal, and it will come now.
Lula May
[edit]- I wanted to meet you. Everybody, really. I want to be a part of the Eye, OK? I said it. I do. And I want to use my magic for good, like you and Merritt and Jack, especially. Oh, that's right. I know that Jack is alive. I know that he faked his own death. I'm a huge fan of faking deaths. That was crazy! By the way, I am so sorry that Henley left you. You know what I heard... about Henley? No? Well, I heard that she got tired of waiting around. She lost faith, so she asked for an out, and the Eye gave it to her. But who knows, right? In matters of the heart, so difficult to tell. I mean, maybe she got sick of you. You ever think about that? Control issues? Maybe you just didn't tie her up tight enough.
- Do you guys ever think that the Eye is watching this? You know, that maybe this is even what they want? And at the exact right moment, they're gonna swoop in, and we'll be like, "Yes! Thank God you're here! Thank God! Just in the nick of time, Eye!" And then we'll just celebrate, and it was all worth it in the end? I don't even really think that, either, so... it's cool.
Dialogue
[edit]- Dylan Rhodes: Hey, tell me you're safe. Where are you?
- Thaddeus Bradley: Right where you left me. 18 months ago, Agent Rhodes.
- Dylan: Thaddeus?
- Thaddeus: How does it feel to lose everything? Your job. Your identity. Your reason for living. How does it feel to be out of control, perhaps for the first time?
- Dylan: What do you want?
- Thaddeus: You're a fool, Agent Rhodes. You always have been.
- Dylan: Where are they?
- Thaddeus: I'm not telling you on the phone!
- Dylan: Don't lie to me, Thaddeus. Where are they?!
- Thaddeus: And if you're wondering if I was behind the Horsemen's recent debacle... well, I'll let you work that out for yourself.
- Dylan: Hey, I burned you once; I'll burn you again. And I'm not playing, Thaddeus.
- Thaddeus: It's not my game, Agent Rhodes. It's yours. You started it when you locked me in a cell. This is simply my move. Next one is yours, and yours alone.
- [Dylan Rhodes has just been captured by Walter Mabry and his henchmen]
- Dylan: What do you want?
- Walter Mabry: We need you to understand something very important. You and I are mirror images. You see, because like you, I share a very deep connection with my father. And like you, I'll stop at nothing to avenge any wrongs done to him. You know the only difference between your father and mine? No? Well, guess what? Mine's still alive. [to his henchmen] Get him up.
- [Dylan has been brought to his feet and comes face to face with Arthur Tressler, the former manager of Tressler Insurance]
- Arthur Tressler: So... this is the man who's spent a lifetime plotting against me. I wouldn't have known your face if it had been on a billboard outside my bedroom window. And you've spent, what? 30 years... thinking about mine?
- Dylan: When my father died, your insurance company denied my mother her claims. And she died a pauper!
- Arthur: I wouldn't even have known who your mother was! She was a digit, a nanobyte in a stream of data.
- Dylan: Because nothing is personal to you, and everyone and everything is just a number, isn't that so?
- Arthur: That is where you're wrong, Mr. Rhodes. Once you've made yourself known, it became very clear, very personal. My son...
- Dylan: [referring to Walter Mabry] Yeah; the sociopath.
- Arthur: The funny thing is, I have seven so-called legitimate children. Sniveling, snobbish, selfish, stupid runts. I have one illegitimate child who's a lot like me. The point is, he desperately wants something very much, and like any good parent, I will stop at nothing to get it for him. Your Horsemen have it. You will turn it and them over to us, now.
- Dylan: I'm sorry, but the answer is no.
- Arthur: Then I'm afraid you must die.
- [Walter Mabry has just received a strange message on his iPhone and runs over to his iPad and clicks on the message and a video of the Horsemen suddenly appears]
- Jack Wilder: Not long ago, we were tricked. I was exposed and brought back from the dead.
- Lula May: So we thought it was only fitting that we do the same thing to the person who did it to us.
- Daniel Atlas: Midnight, New Year's Eve. London. Be there or be very scared. We will be performing a series of shows that all connect to our big finale, so pay close attention to each trick.
- Walter: [referring to Arthur Tressler as he alerts his henchman] Get my father. Run!!
Cast
[edit]- Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas, a member of the Four Horsemen.
- Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, a former FBI agent, the new leader of the Four Horsemen and the son of the late illusionist Lionel Shrike.
- Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney, a member of the Four Horsemen, and Chase McKinney, an associate of Mabry. They are twin brothers who specialize in hypnosis.
- Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, a magician specializing in card tricks. He is a member of the Four Horsemen.
- Daniel Radcliffe as Walter Mabry, Arthur Tressler's illegitimate son, a young technology tycoon.
- Lizzy Caplan as Lula May, a new member of the Four Horsemen, replacing Henley.
- Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, a magic debunker, exposing the tricks of other magicians; the grandmaster of the Eye and a friend of Lionel Shrike.
- Jay Chou as Li, a Macanese magic shop owner and member of the Eye.
- Sanaa Lathan as Deputy Director Natalie Austin, an FBI deputy director who tracks down Rhodes for helping the Horsemen.
- Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler, the Four Horsemen's former sponsor, who wants revenge for losing his money and power.
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Allen Scott-Frank, head of the Macau Science Center and member of the Eye.
- Ben Lamb as Owen Case, Walter's former business partner.
- David Warshofsky as Agent Cowan, an FBI agent and a skeptic of Rhodes'.
- Tsai Chin as Bu Bu, Li's grandmother, who owns a magic shop in Macau and is also a member of the Eye.
- Richard Laing as Lionel Shrike, a magician who drowned while performing an escape trick thirty years ago, Dylan's late father. The character was previously played by an uncredited Elias Koteas in the first film.
