The Five Horsemen
This actor is known for films like The Social Network, Zombieland, and his own recent triple threat picture A Real Pain, which he wrote, directed, and starred in
Jesse Eisenberg
This is the name of the secret magic society that controls the fate of the of the four horsemen - and apparently the plot of the movies?
The Eye
After over a year in hiding, the horsemen attempt to make their return to the public area, but instead are non-consensually whisked away to this city, described in the film as "The Las Vegas of China"
Given the choice between the fake and real stuff, I always go real - and I always go layered
Butter
Another word for "magic trick," especially according to Arrested Development's Gob
Illusion
Little brother to a movie star, and husband to another movie star, this actor is famous in his own right... I guess
Dave Franco
In the first NYSM film, Dylan Rhodes' FBI investigation is helped (or hurt) by Alma Dray, a French detective from this international agency, and whose presence is inexplicably absent from the second movie
Interpol
This actress' character replaces Isla Fischer's in the second instalment, with such Bechdel-smashing lines such as "I'm the girl horseman" and "sorry, did you really think I was like those other girls?"
Lizzy Kaplan
Multiplex
The property of Harry's magical cloak
Invisibility
A raw food vegan, self-proclaimed anarchist, and known COVID conspiracy theorist, I'm not sure how fun this actor would be at a party, but I certainly enjoy many of the over 80 films this actor has been in
Woody Harrelson
The horsemen's first heist involves robbing the crédit républicain bank in this city many miles away... or did it?
Paris
In NYSM2 Michael Caine's illegitimate son, and legitimate nut job, is played by this actor, no stranger to magical movies
Daniel Radcliffe
Something close to magic - pop on special glasses to watch movies in this screening format
3D
Immortal
Unceremoniously replaced for the second NYSM instalment (but back for the third), this Australian actress also starred in another canonical Really Good Movie™ from the 00s: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Isla Fischer
Hurricane Katrina
In what is probably the most iconic scene in NYSM2, the horsemen use this portmanteau skill (a blend of "card trick" and "artistry") to sneak a precious item out of a highly guarded lab using only sleight of hand. Thank god the item is... pretty much the size and shape of a playing card
Cardistry
Though shot on 65mm film, this large format film stock has nearly 3.5x the exposure area of 35mm film. It was used for such seminal films as My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, and has had a recent resurgence with in films such as Sinners and One Battle After Another. The extra 5mm is for the sound tracks
A series of words said as a magic spell or charm, this word originates from the Latin word incantare, meaning "to enchant"
Incantation
This actor is known for his many impressive credits, including Spotlight, Poor Things and The Hulk, but did you know... his dad was Bahá'i?
Mark Ruffalo
The big reveal at the end: Dylan Rhodes is really Dylan Shrike, son of famous magician Lionel Shrike who died many years ago during a failed escape trick, in which he attempted to break out of one of these at the bottom of a river
Safe
Now You See Me 2 was directed by this person, whose later films included Crazy Rich Asians, and Wicked (1 and 2)
John M. Chu
This type of pop machine can dispense over 165 different unique flavours - according to its Wikipedia page
Coca-Cola Freestyle
This is what you might do a rune or sigil to imbue it with magical power, am I "write"?
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