The smoke-and-mirrors story flies all over the place and never firmly lands anywhere.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Nothing more than a glitzy, empty bauble.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 11, 2022

Kaplan is a jewel in the crown, putting in a terrific performance and more than holding her own in this light hearted, undemanding caper.

| Oct 7, 2021

A sequel that's faster, flashier and more bombastic than the original.

| Jun 9, 2021

While it sometimes takes itself a little too seriously, magical illusions and extravagant sleight-of-hand might actually be enough to trick you into enjoying this movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 3, 2021

Every trick is not simple sleight-of-hand or misdirection, but rather outrageously overcomplicated feats of absurdity - so extreme that only CG can be used to represent them.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Dec 5, 2020

It's simply impossible to get as excited about it a second time around.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 18, 2020

If you didn't like the first film ... well ... best to walk away now.

| Original Score: C | Jul 13, 2020

Otherwise, you'd do better to host a double feature of Ocean's Eleven and The Prestige.

| Apr 1, 2020

It should've at least entertained its audience with some cool magic tricks. Instead, it is boring, nearly humorless and pointlessly complex.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 23, 2020

A disappointment so pervasive that it leaves heads shaking at the end credits.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 21, 2019

I forgave the first film for its faults because one way or another it entertained me. This one did not.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 29, 2019

The story hardly matters; as the lazy title suggests, we're just here to have a good time, and director Jon M. Chu knows how to make two hours of your life disappear.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 17, 2019

Fun without form and stylish without substance, NYSM2 is more of the same without taking any steps forward or backwards.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 29, 2019

It all feels more like a rehash of that first film. You can almost see a checklist of all the stuff that worked in the first film trying to be duplicated, but it just doesn't have the same freshness the second time.

| Original Score: C | Jan 15, 2019

Director John M. Chu's film is a blur of CGI trickery that bears zero weight because it's impossible for ticket holders to suspend their disbelief without sacrificing their intelligence for two hours.

| Original Score: D- | Dec 10, 2018

A sequel to an awful movie, NYSM 2 is so bad that not even doubling the amount of Woody Harrelsons can fix it.

| Original Score: F- | Nov 13, 2018

Action scenes were great and I loved the chemistry this cast brings to the screen.

| Nov 13, 2018

This sequel is just as basic as pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2018

The film definitely banks on its mystery, illusions and humor as well as on the strength of its actors. The combination of these elements...bring audiences to experience this film as a fun-for-all, cinematic rendezvous.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2018