The film takes place one year after the events of the first film. The Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, and Mark Ruffalo) are recruited by a mysterious woman named Lula (Helena Bonham Carter) to perform a series of magic tricks for a wealthy tech entrepreneur named Maxine Cauthery (Sanaa Lathan). However, things take a complicated turn when the FBI and Interpol, led by Agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) and Alma Dray (M矇lanie Laurent), begin to investigate a string of mysterious robberies linked to the Four Horsemen.