Are you watching? Remember, the closer you look, the less you see—but there’s plenty to see in Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third installment of the crime film franchise. The Four Horsemen are reuniting, and they’re bringing with them new, younger faces for their next big magic trick and heist.
It’s been nine years since the illusionists known as The Four Horsemen have worked together, but now the mysterious Eye has brought Atlas (Jessie Eisenberg, A Real Pain) out of hiding and sent him to recruit three up-and-coming magicians: Charlie (Justine Smith, I Saw the TV Glow), June (Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie), and Bosco (Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers). The newbies will help him go up against Veronika Vanderberg (Rosamund Pike) to steal the world’s largest diamond, which she possesses. Although Bosco is a bit hesitant, June and Charlie—big fans of Atlas and his Horsemen—convince him to agree, and the new illusion team is off.
Charlie wonders why Vanderberg is being targeted by the Eye, and Atlas explains that for decades the Vanderbergs have been selling diamonds to the highest bidders, including warlords, arms dealers, and traffickers, to help launder their money. But as Atlas and his new trio are working the magical con to steal the diamond, a few details go off the rails. And of course that means the three remaining Horsemen, Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Jack Wilder (Dave Franco, Regretting You), and Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher, Dogman), need to show up and help them escape.
But the job is far from over, and The Eye has more for The Four Horsemen and their new friends to do to bring down Veronika Vandenberg once and for all.
With fun slight of hand and a charismatic cast that still has chemistry together, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t rises above the messy and cluttered script to become a worthy addition to the entertaining film franchise. It’s a slick, high-energy heist film with a few clever twists that brings back the magic of the first film.
Jesse Eisenberg is pitch-perfect as Atlas, the arrogant, control-obsessed leader of the Four Horsemen who is realizing just how much they mean to him. Woody Harrelson once again steals scenes from his co-stars as McKinley, the wise-cracking hypnotist who goes one-on-one with Veronika. Their shared, pivotal scene is one of the film’s best. Isla Fisher returns as Reeves, still the best escape artist of the group, who is now a mom and reluctant to return to the life of being a Horseman.
Unfortunately, the characters Dominic Sessa and Ariana Greenblatt portray, Bosco and June, are fairly one-dimensional and add little to the film. In a standout performance, Justin Smith truly shines as Charlie, the mastermind behind the scenes creating his friends’ illusions. Charlie’s an invaluable asset to The Four Horsemen, and Smith’s performance levels up the story.
Flashy, fun, and glitzy, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is enjoyable enough escapist entertainment, proving there’s still a little magic left in the franchise.
GRADE: B
Rating: PG-13 for violence, suggestive references, and some strong language
Release Date: November 14, 2025
Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes
Directed By: Ruben Fleischer (Uncharted, Venom)
