The quartet of talented illusionists J. Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Henley
Reeves and Jack Wilder who refer to themselves as the Four Horsemen are back,
a year after their last eventful encounter with the FBI. Now they find
themselves at the mercy of Walter Mabry, a technical wizard who coerces them
into carrying out their most daring heist so far - the theft of a valuable
data mining chip which can supposedly decrypt any security device in the
world. Stealing the chip is a challenge but it turns out to be well
within the quartet's capabilities. Clearing their name and turning
the tables on their mysterious adversary proves to be somewhat more difficult...
Script: Ed Solomon,
Peter Chiarelli (story),
Boaz Yakin (characters),
Edward Ricourt (characters)
Photo: Peter Deming
Music: Brian Tyler
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg (J. Daniel Atlas),
Mark Ruffalo (Dylan Rhodes),
Woody Harrelson (Merritt McKinney),
Dave Franco (Jack Wilder),
Daniel Radcliffe (Walter Mabry),
Lizzy Caplan (Lula),
Jay Chou (Li),
Sanaa Lathan (Deputy Director Natalie Austin),
Michael Caine (Arthur Tressler),
Morgan Freeman (Thaddeus Bradley),
David Warshofsky (Agent Cowan),
Tsai Chin (Bu Bu),
William Henderson (Young Dylan),
Richard Laing (Lionel Shrike),
Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Allen Scott-Frank),
Brick Patrick (Chase McKinney),
Zach Gerard (Hannes Pike),
Ben Lamb (Owen Case),
Fenfen Huang (Lab Tech),
Aaron Ly (Head Security Guard)
Country: USA / China / UK / Canada
Language: English / Mandarin
Support: Color
Runtime: 129 min
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