Movie · 2025 · Crime, Thriller · 1h 52m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 1.6/10 (618.7K ratings)
Unlock the illusion.
Overview
The original Four Horsemen reunite with a new generation of illusionists to take on powerful diamond heiress Veronika Vanderberg, who leads a criminal empire built on money laundering and trafficking. The new and old magicians must overcome their differences to work together on their most ambitious heist yet.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.6/10
IMDb: 5.9/10
Letterboxd: 2.94/5
Metacritic: 50
TMDB: 6.5/10
Director
Ruben Fleischer
Production
Lionsgate, Cohen Pictures, Media Capital Technologies, Summit Entertainment
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Justice Smith, Rosamund Pike, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Morgan Freeman, Andrew Santino, Henry Fisher, Ben Seidman, Lyssandra Skye Arias, Angela Paula Stander, Thabang Molaba, William Gaminara, Scott Alexander Young, John Lovick, Amber Kemp
Where to watch
Starz, Philo
Curator Review
Verdict
A flashy, crowd-pleasing heist sequel that leans hard into spectacle, banter, and elaborate misdirection. It sounds like the kind of movie that works best if you enjoy the franchise’s nonsense and are happy to go along for the ride, even when the plotting gets silly.
Best for
fans of glossy studio heists
viewers who like twisty, high-energy ensemble movies
people who enjoy escapist crowd-pleasers over realism
audiences who want charisma and set-piece fun more than airtight logic
Skip if
you need tightly constructed plotting
you dislike campy dialogue and big swings
you want a grounded crime thriller
you are tired of franchise nostalgia and sequel bait
Overview
This is built as a pure entertainment machine: reunite the old crew, add younger talent, and send everyone into a bigger, shinier con. The appeal is less about plausibility than momentum, personality, and the pleasure of watching a movie keep revealing new compartments inside itself.
Worth noting
The Letterboxd reaction pattern points to the expected bargain: people laugh at the absurdity, enjoy the chemistry, and forgive the logic because the ride is lively. That makes it easy to recommend to viewers who like their crime movies playful and overengineered, but less so to anyone hoping for a sharp, disciplined thriller.
Bottom line
If the franchise has ever worked for you, this probably will too. If it hasn’t, this one is unlikely to convert you; it seems designed to double down on the same tricks, just with a bigger stage and a louder finish.
Top Letterboxd reviews
roxy ! (3★) · 17234 likes
and for my next trick i will make dave franco’s shirt disappear
Sarah Hagi (4★) · 14236 likes
i’ll watch these people do anything
jada ! (3★) · 11269 likes
dave franco took his jacket off to do pull ups everyone around me clapped
Sam🦧 (2★) · 10457 likes
Think I spent most of the runtime trying to figure out if Rosamund Pike’s accent was shitty or not.
thenotoriousjac (3★) · 8514 likes
This movie disappears from your brain the second it ends, and that's part of the illusion
1963 · Comedy, Mystery, Romance · 1h 53m · NR · Curator 8.5/10 (289K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Pure Flix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream
A charming, fast-moving mystery with romance, deception, and constant reversals.
1987 · Crime, Thriller, Drama · 1h 42m · R · Curator 8.3/10 (25.8K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM Plus, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A cool, cerebral con film that studies manipulation as a craft.