Now You See Me

What’s it about?

An FBI agent and a detective try to track down a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, rewarding their audiences with the money.

The facts

• Directed by Louis Leterrier
• Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine 
• English and French languages
• Runtime: 115 minutes

Why did it get this rating?

This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.

Violence 

This film contains violent action scenes where characters punch, kick, and throw each other. Characters throw magic fireballs and ninja stars at each other, causing minor injuries such as small bloody cuts on their faces.

Police chase four magicians on foot and in cars, resulting in three fistfights that end in the police handcuffed to each other as the magicians escape. During the chase, a car crashes and flips. A magician tries to pull the innocent man out from the crash, but the car is engulfed in flames, and it is implied that he was killed.

Content that may disturb

In one scene, a magician dives into a tank full of piranhas, shouts that she needs help, and a man tries to break the glass with a large pipe, but this doesn’t work. The water turns blood red and the onlooking crowd screams, but she turns out to be alive, hidden amongst the crowd.

Sexual references

In the beginning of the film, a man is kissing a woman who strips down to her underwear. She gets on top of him, but it doesn’t go any further and we then see her getting dressed.

In a large crowd, a woman lifts another woman’s shirt exposing her breasts, but they are covered by her hands, and the shot is brief and from a distance.

Characters make references to masturbation, and getting “laid.”

Offensive language

This film contains infrequent use of offensive language, with words like “f**k” and “sh*t.”

When content stays with you: 

We all have our boundaries, and it’s completely okay if something you’ve watched is weighing on your mind. If certain content lingers with you, consider having a chat with friends or whānau to debrief about what you’ve just seen. But if you’re still feeling affected, please reach out to any of the following helplines for support.  

• 1737
• Safe to talk
• Lifeline
• Youthline

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?
• Brain development – how it works, why it matters