"Now You See Me: Second Act" premiered June 10 and continued to shock fans and keep the audience on the edge of their seat through optical illusions and complex tricks as they did in the 2013 original.

My bar was raised high after being pleasantly surprised by the first film, and my expectations were exceeded.

Although I was that nerdy kid in magic club in elementary school (oh, I wish I was kidding) the idea of seeing an action film starring magicians and Harry Potter was not at the top of my list originally. "Now You See Me" does not allow a second to go by without having moviegoers’ hearts pounding as the horsemen attempt to pull off unimaginable magical feats.

The film picks up where the first installment left off with the horsemen, Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel "Danny" Atlas, Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney and Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, in hiding being guided by “the eye.” FBI agent and secretive leader of the horseman Dylan Rhodes, Mark Ruffalo, leads the investigation to discover the group for the Federal Bureau.

The group reunited and came out of hiding with their new female horseman Lula, Lizzy Caplan, to perform their first trick in a year. When the plan goes awry and Agent Rhodes identity as the fifth horseman is revealed, the group flees, so they think. Instead, they were hypnotized, kidnapped and taken to Macau, China to be forced to help Walter Mabry and Daniel Radcliffe steal a device capable of infiltrating any computer system in the world.

Many illusions and sleight of hand are performed throughout the film amazing those in the audience. While in the back of our minds we knew this was simply movie magic, the adrenaline rushing through us as the film continued argued otherwise.

I was left theorizing with my fellow audience members how tricks were performed and the what the answers were to unanswered cliffhangers (which will luckily be revealed in a third installment, announced by Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer). With other films the special effects and “make believe” of it all is very obvious and not as easily forgotten as with this film. This thriller is a must see, even if you are not a fan of magic, for this film goes far beyond a simple rabbit being pulled out of the hat.