Summary
Ten years after the Horsemen's last performance, three young illusionists — Charlie Gees, Bosco LeRoy, and June Rouclere — impersonate the Horsemen using deepfakes and holograms to drain a corrupt cryptocurrency exchange owner's wallet and share the stolen funds. They are approached by the real J. Daniel Atlas — the foreman of the Horsemen — who reveals he was sent by the Eye, a secret society of magicians, via a tarot card to recruit them for a mission to steal the largest diamond called the "Heart Diamond" from Veronika Vanderberg, the head of a South African diamond company formed by her late father that provides money laundering services for criminals. Meanwhile, Veronika receives a phone call from a man who threatens to expose her crimes unless she delivers the Diamond to him.
At a private party in Antwerp, where the Diamond is being displayed, Daniel and the three young illusionists execute a heist to steal the Diamond. Veronika's security and the police fail to pursue them as three other Horsemen — Jack Wilder, Henley Reeves, and Merritt McKinney — arrive to help, each having also received a tarot card from the Eye. The Horsemen recount a heist gone wrong that led to their leader, Dylan Shrike, being incarcerated in a Russian prison and the team falling apart.
The tarot cards, when brought together, direct the group to a château in France, where they are greeted by a friend of the Horsemen, Thaddeus Bradley, who was also contacted by the Eye. Charlie and Bosco find Veronika's client list and evidence of her illegal activities behind a painting. The police, who are on Veronika's payroll, raid the estate, forcing the group to split up to avoid capture. Merritt, Jack, and June are caught, while Charlie, Bosco, Daniel, and Henley escape through a tunnel. Thaddeus is fatally shot while fleeing.
At the police station, Veronika interrogates Merritt, who deduces that her father's affair led to her mother's suicide and that Veronika murdered her housekeeper and the housekeeper’s son. Lula May — another Horseman — frees Jack and June, but Merritt is unable to escape. Veronika and the Horsemen agree to meet at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, where a party is being held for Veronika's Formula One team, to secure Merritt's release in exchange for the Diamond. Bosco and Charlie create a distraction by stealing Veronika's Formula One car and driving off, triggering a police chase; meanwhile, Veronika traps the Horsemen in a glass tank, seeking to bury them alive in sand. She leaves with the Diamond and arranges to meet with the unknown caller at her vault. The Horsemen manage to escape by breaking a water pipe and using Henley's diamond wedding ring to shatter the glass.
Veronika arrives at the vault and takes a gun from a guard. She discovers that the unknown caller is Charlie, who reveals himself to be Veronika's half-brother, the housekeeper’s son. He reveals that his mother's car brakes got cut, but she saved him with her last breath. A tearful Veronika apologizes and hands Charlie the Diamond before shooting him. However, Charlie faked his death with a bullet catch trick, revealing that Veronika has been firing blanks, and the walls fall open to reveal a Horsemen stage with a live audience. Charlie reveals himself as a Vanderberg, and as the true mastermind who enlisted the Horsemen by posing as the Eye, seeking to exact revenge for his mother's death, and that Veronika has been secretly transported to the stage under the guise of a fake sandstorm. Veronika is arrested by the authorities, and Charlie pledges to bring her clients to justice and return their proceeds to the people of South Africa.
Some time later, the Horsemen gather at Charlie, June, and Bosco's hideout, where Jack and Lula rekindle their relationship. A package arrives at the door containing a hologram projector of Dylan, who reveals he had faked his imprisonment and inducts Charlie, Bosco, and June into the Eye. He also tells the Horsemen that their work is not done yet.
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