2016 · crime · thriller · heist
Now You See Me 2
Directed by Jon M. Chu2h 9m2016
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Our read: Now You See Me 2 (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive crime · thriller · heist entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- cold
- twisty
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“You want magician heist puzzle-box fun even when the plot over-explains itself.”
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