Now.you.see.me.2 Jun 2026

Here is a helpful breakdown of the tricks you saw—and how the movie uses real magician rules.

The Four Horsemen (Eisenberg, Harrelson, Franco, and newcomer Lizzy Caplan replacing Isla Fisher) are back in hiding. After exposing a corrupt tech mogul in the first film, they’re now forced out of the shadows by a mysterious tech prodigy named Walter Mabry—played with wonderfully smug villainy by . now.you.see.me.2

The narrative of picks up a year after the Horsemen went into hiding following the exposure of FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) as the mastermind behind their first act. Having lost control of their narrative, the group is pulled back into the game by a mysterious tech prodigy named Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe, playing a delightfully petulant villain). Here is a helpful breakdown of the tricks

The Horsemen are forcibly recruited by Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe), a tech prodigy The narrative of picks up a year after

The most visually stunning trick in the film—the "Reverse Rain"—is based on a real scientific phenomenon called the .

A solid B-tier heist movie that looks great on a Friday night.

When Lizzy Caplan’s character, Lula, does the "disappearing thumb," it looks silly. But watch her eyes.