One year after exposing the corrupt insurance mogul Arthur Tressler, the Four Horsemen are in hiding. Their handler, FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (secretly the son of a disgraced magician), keeps them in check. However, a mysterious tech prodigy named Walter Tressler—Arthur's son—forces them to perform a heist stealing a chip that can access any computer. When the Horsemen refuse, Walter exposes them live on stage, forcing them to escape.
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
In a brilliant bit of meta-casting, the former Harry Potter star plays a tech villain who despises stage magic, preferring the "real magic" of science and data. Radcliffe brings a delightful, manic energy to the antagonist role. One year after exposing the corrupt insurance mogul