What cards are the Horsemen referring to?
In the last scene of Now You See Me, when the Four Horsemen go to the park, Henley Reeves asks whether they have the cards.
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I'm asking about this scene. Does it mean that Dylan Rhodes isn't the one giving them the cards? What's the point of that scene? it's confusing
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What we see in that scene is basically a bit of a funny setup for a possible sequel that doesn't really have much bearing on the actual plot and only tries to end the movie with a notion of "On to new adventures!" and wasn't part of the theatrical release (as pointed out by Oliver_C in his comment and as Louis Leterrier confirmed in an interview).
To recap it a bit again, it puts the Horsemen into a new location where they find crates containing what is supposedly their gear for the next job. When posed with the question how to open those crates,
Henley: Guys, the cards.
Merrit: Wha...What card?
Daniel: Sorry, what do you mean, "what card"?
Merrit: (fumbling in his pockets)...Okay.
So the point here is that Henley seems to be referring to the tarot cards each of the Horsemen got as their invitation at the beginning of the movie, and which were later used in the tree at the end when they met Dylan Rhodes (or rather Lyonel Shrike's son). The joke here is, that Merrit actually forgot to bring his card. There is not really anything more to it. Those cards served as their access into The Eye throughout the entire movie and are likely used in a similar way in further tasks and interactions with The Eye, like accessing the crates with the gear for their next show/adventure. You could say they're somewhat like the Horsemen's ID cards inside the organization of The Eye.
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What do the cards represent in Now You See Me?
Each of the tarot cards refers to a Horseman. J. Daniel Atlas' (Jesse Eisenberg's) card is the "Lovers", referencing his implied sexual prowess. Merritt McKinney's (Woody Harrelson's) card is the "Hermit", referencing how his brother abandons him and destroys his career, leaving him alone and with nothing.What tarot card did Henley get in now you see me?
After the show, Henley finds a high priestess tarot card in the water tank leading her to a mysterious location in New York. When she arrives at the location, she finds that Daniel Atlas has also been given a card. They enter the apartment building and meet Merritt McKinney, a mentalist.More answers regarding what cards are the Horsemen referring to?
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The final instructions the Horsemen receive are to go to the park. There they find the card-tree of Lionel Shrike, featuring the King of Spades/Swords.
You need five cards for a Tarot reading. The five cards are in order of appearance: King of Spades/Swords, Lovers, Hermit, High Preistess [sic], Death. - TVTropes
So when they saw the fifth card (they had the four cards delivered to them a year back), they knew the reading was complete. To read, they now needed all five cards together. That's what they were referring to.
The King of Spades/Swords is the card referring to the man with the "idea" - their benefactor. Who taught them magic and made them into the Four Horsemen.
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