Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Directed by Jon M. Chu · Cinematography by Peter Deming

PG-13129 min101 frames

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What is Now You See Me 2 about?

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

Now You See Me 2 is a 2016 American heist film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Ed Solomon and a story by Solomon and Peter Chiarelli. It serves as a sequel to Now You See Me (2013) and the second installment in the Now You See Me series. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Ben Lamb, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot has the Four Horsemen and their leader Dylan Rhodes recruited by Walter Mabry, a criminal mastermind, to steal a data chip.

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What does the cinematography of Now You See Me 2 look like?

Across 101 sampled frames, Now You See Me 2 builds its coverage from medium shots (57% of the sample), with close-ups (24%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Peter Deming keeps 47% of it in soft, low-key light. 54% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 81% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Now You See Me 2?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Now You See Me 2 (2016) are #2f2e2d, #111111, #4f4f4c, #f8f7f7, #adaead, #8d8e8d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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