Now You See Me
Summary
Now You See Meis a one - of - a - kind film about a squad of specialist conmen who practice illusion and illusions to draw off incredible rip-off , blow some impressive wizardly tricks along the way . The first movie , free in 2013 , say the history of the Four Horseman , a group of extremely skilled magicians and visionary who are fetch together to spring an incredible show and prove their talents in progressively impressive ways . The group consists of J. Daniel Atlas ( Jesse Eisenberg ) , Merritt McKinney ( Woody Harrelson ) , Henley Reeves ( Isla Fisher ) , and Jack Wilder ( Dave Franco ) in the first motion picture .
Thesequel , Now You See Me 2 , builds on the upshot of the first entrance and add back the bulk of the cast . Henley Reeves was substitute by Lula ( Lizzie Caplan ) , and the former FBI shamus that was chase them has been revealed as the person behind the group ’s geological formation , break a Fifth Horseman , Agent Dylan Rhodes ( Mark Ruffalo ) . Throughout both films , the squad pulls off progressively telling feats of magic , sleight of manus , and shenanigan , which impress the on - screen audience , and veridical - life viewers . However , with so many incredible tricks , it ’s deserving count at which are the best .
6The Handcuff Trick
Now You See Me (2013)
After the Four Horsemen became an established group , performing live shows in Las Vegas to a packed theater , their joke also earned them some less positive attention . Having stolen money from a bank burial vault halfway around the world , the team is grok and questioned . It ’s during this inquiring that one of the most talented trickster of the mathematical group , Danny Atlas , show off his skills and improvisational thaumaturgy . During an interrogation by agents Rhodes and Alma Dray , Atlas is likely firmly hold up surety thanks to the handcuffs observe him interlace to the mesa .
However , with conjuration , nothing is ever as it seems . When things get stir up in the interrogation , Atlas is quickly able toswap the cuff from his wrists onto Agent Rhodes’in the blink of an eye . This conjuration is incredibly coolheaded and perfectly executed , and it gets bonus points for being improvised with the law enforcement ’s own instrument . Atlas loose himself from a real pair of blade handcuffs , chained down to a substantial metallic element desk , and is able to drag up his captor in the telephone exchange .
Now You See Me 3 is a chance to reunite the Four Horsemen and bring back one buff - pet cast member that the franchise left out in the subsequence .
5The 7 Of Diamonds
The very start ofNow You See Mesees each extremity of the group receiving a cryptical invitation printed on a tarot add-in . As the cinema opens , put in the Horsemen , Atlas is the first one to appear on - screen , performing for a small rooftop political party . Speaking directly to the camera , the audience is invited to enter in the illusion asAtlas cursorily pillage through a deck of cardsand instruct the watcher to pick one . Thanks to some movie magic , the intended poster appears for just a frame or two recollective than the others and thus support out .
Anyone who subliminally pick up on this hint likely pick the seven of adamant , as did the girl Atlas was performing to , and moment later , askyscraper nearby lighter up to reveal the choose placard . This trick fiddle out so well for multiple reasons . It ’s simple , with a forcing technique to guide the pick , confidently carry through , and play out with unbelievable style , using a building to make the reveal . thaumaturgy like this can be repeat in various forms and be just as telling , but the saving here elevates it and is the consummate start to a cinema about magic .
4The Water Tank
One of the most impressive tricks in the serial publication also comes when introducing another fictitious character . When Henley is introduced , her skill as an escape expert is highlighted asshe performs the end - defying water supply tank trick . chain up without a Francis Scott Key , Henley must take to the woods from a locked box , or submerge . As a matter of fact , when Isla Fisher was recording this stunt , one of the takes did end up malfunctioning , and she shin to get away or convince the crew that she was really in trouble ( viaDaily Mail ) , but gratefully , she was fine , and the finished scene was stark .
3The Transporting Safe
The trick that sets everything else in motion inNow You See Meis also easily one of the most telling . As the Four Horsemen perform for a live audience , theypull in an audience member for one of their most astonishing tricksof the series . replace the old - fashioned cloths and mirrors , the magicians transport the unpaid worker on a platform in the middle of a circular stage with monumental metal machines that shoot closed . He reappears , with a live video data link , in what is likely a Parisian bank .
With the winner of the first two Now You See Me motion-picture show , it ’s not surprising that there will be another sequel , but many hearsay surround its loss .
The technicality of this thaumaturgy , the execution , and the big reveal moment at the end when the mankind and money are transported back , with money flying freely into the audience ’s hands , is nothing short of incredible . The trick is explain in dandy particular , revealing that there was a technical explanation for force off the monumental heist , but the way that it was delivered with preciseness certainly adds to the overall timber . In addition , the salary - off , being a genuine and metaphorical second for the audience , was another big win .
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2Controlling The Rain
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
perhaps one of the least naturalistic legerdemain in the series , but also one of the most enchanting , comes near the destruction ofNow You See Me 2 . Atlas and the eternal sleep of the Horsemen take over London for a series of shows , and Atlas perform an owing stunt , unlike any other trick in the serial . Atlas literally begins to command the weather condition , make the rain to act in impossible slipway , stopping in the air , and even rising up , into the sky . This trick is patently pic legerdemain , but it ’s easy one of the coolest trick in the franchise .
1The Card Trick Scene
While stopping the rain midair is knotty to thump , the best trick in the series has to be the ill-famed " disappearing card " trick , which gets the entire squad work out together with incredible precision . When the Horsemen are trying to sneak by with a peculiar electronic computer buffalo chip that they have attached to the back of a performing bill of fare , the mellow - protection squad carry a thorough search on each one of them to ensure they are not up to anything . Inone of the most pleasing technical displays of cardistry , the squad then pull off a uninterrupted serial of outstanding sleight of hand .
While the actors did not do every apparent movement in the scene , each and every whoremonger execute is technically potential . Doubtless , a maestro illusionist would need many hour of education to modernise all of these technique , and then three of their witching friends to rend it off , but the possibility for this trick to be real is there . From pinpoint precise wit throws , to sliding the posting along their bodies , and carefully obscure it from view of the security guards , the prank is outstanding and the best continuous pellet in all theNow You See Memovies .
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Now You See Me 2 follows the Four Horsemen as they return after eluding the FBI , only to encounter a new adversary who forces them into their most perilous heist . The film , released in 2016 , stay on the saga of visionary navigating difference with law enforcement and enigmatical foes .
Now You See Me 2 follows the Four Horsemen as they return after eluding the FBI, only to encounter a new adversary who forces them into their most perilous heist. The film, released in 2016, continues the saga of illusionists navigating conflicts with law enforcement and enigmatic foes.
Now You See Me 2 follows the Four Horsemen as they return after eluding the FBI, only to encounter a new adversary who forces them into their most perilous heist. The film, released in 2016, continues the saga of illusionists navigating conflicts with law enforcement and enigmatic foes.
