12 Dumbest Movie Plot Twists Of 2016

Now You See Me is a series built on dumb twists, and presumably reached its peak in the original when it revealed Mark Ruffalo’s dogged FBI Agent was actually The Fifth Horseman. Like the whole movie this reveal spat in the face of logic, but Now You See Me 2 had to up the ante somehow.

There’s a whole slew of improbable, flashy setpieces, but of course, it needed a major twist to cap things off. The sequel reveals that Morgan Freeman’s smarmy magic debunker – who caused the death of Ruffalo’s magician father - is actually a senior member of The Eye, a mythical group of super magicians.

It turns out Ruffalo’s revenge mission in the original was for nought too; Freeman and his dad were part of a double act, and he was upset as anybody about the death. This twist completely rewrites the entire point of the original, meaning it now makes zero sense. At this rate part, three will reveal Michael Caine was the founding member of The Eye or some other BS.