Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – Every Twist and Turn, Fully Spoiled!

The buzzers keep spreading their strange propaganda, turning foreign powers into convenient targets while the real problem grows quietly at home. People are pushed to believe that outsiders are the ones taking over the nation, yet the truth is far less dramatic. The real chains come from corruption that drains the country from within, slowly tightening its grip while the noise of misinformation distracts everyone from seeing who is actually holding the power.

⚠️ WARNING: FULL SPOILERS AHEAD ⚠️

This article contains major spoilers. If you haven’t watched the movie yet, consider stopping here. Everything below breaks down the plot in full detail, so continue only if you’re ready to know exactly what happens.

The story kicks off on Yautja Prime, where two brothers, Dek and Kwei, are locked in a rough training duel that spills from open ground into a cave. The fight ends with Kwei knocking Dek off his footing, sending him crashing down and losing his helmet.

Dek is desperate to earn his place among the elite hunters, following in the footsteps of their father, but Kwei thinks his younger brother is pushing himself past the point of sense. Trying to talk him down, Kwei mentions a world called Genna, a barren “death planet” where an unstoppable creature, the Kalisk, is said to roam. Dek immediately latches onto the idea. If he can bring down something that legendary and return with its body as a trophy, he’s convinced he’ll finally be recognized as a true Predator.

Njhorr, the clan’s leader and the brothers’ father, comes back from a hunt just as Dek is hoping for a moment of approval. Instead, Njhorr looks past him and demands to know why Kwei hasn’t eliminated Dek yet. In their clan, Dek’s smaller build and lack of a successful hunt make him the runt, someone Njhorr considers unworthy to live.

Njhorr orders Kwei to carry out the execution, but Kwei refuses to kill his brother. Instead, he slips Dek onto his own ship and programs the route to Genna, giving him at least a chance to survive and prove himself.

That act of mercy sends Njhorr into a rage. He attacks Kwei, calling his compassion a disgrace to their bloodline. The two clash, and although Kwei fights back, Njhorr tears off one of his arms. Even so, Kwei hangs on long enough to make sure Dek is safely on his way.

As the ship lifts into the sky, Dek looks back through the window, powerless to intervene, and sees Njhorr take Kwei’s head in a single brutal stroke. The last thing Dek witnesses before being carried off into space is the death of the only ally he had.

Dek’s arrival on Genna is anything but smooth. His ship slams into the planet and throws him straight into a landscape built to kill anything that steps on it. The moment he gets his bearings, the ground comes alive around him. Vines twist up from the soil and whip toward him, trying to pull him in, and he has no choice but to cut his way through before they drag him under. A little farther out, he runs into small wormlike creatures scattered across the terrain, and each one bursts the second he gets too close.

Dek pushes deeper into Genna’s hostile terrain until he stumbles onto Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Synthetic who’s been torn in half after crossing paths with the Kalisk. She quickly adjusts her speech so he can follow her, then warns him that the local plants fire paralyzing thorns. Before Dek can act on the warning, a massive creature charges him. In the chaos, the plants hit their mark, freezing him in place.

With no other option, he throws one of his weapons toward Thia, giving her the chance to cut herself loose. She manages to take down the creature and dose him with an antidote to break the paralysis. Once he’s back on his feet, she tells him she’s on her own hunt for the Kalisk. Dek decides to bring her along, treating her more like equipment than a partner.

Traveling side by side, Dek builds a makeshift harness so he can carry her more easily. Thia keeps talking as they move, firing off questions and mentioning that she originally arrived with a twin Synthetic named Tessa before they got separated. She explains that studying other species has sparked something unusual in her programming, giving her a sense of empathy she wasn’t designed to have.

Dek and Thia end up ensnared by a Luna Bug’s trap, only to be rescued by a small blue creature that looks like a mix between a monkey and an alien. Its skin is completely unbreakable, and it guides them through a stretch of grass sharp enough to slice anything that touches it. The creature even turns the tables on the Luna Bug, drawing it into a deadly ambush.

That night, the three of them make camp. The little creature lingers close, and Thia decides to call it Bud. Bud seems to bond quickly with Dek, even marking him as its own. Dek doesn’t know what to do with that kind of attachment. To him, forming emotional ties is nothing but a liability. He admits he lost Kwei, though he keeps the details to himself.

Meanwhile, Weyland-Yutani recovers Tessa’s damaged body and restores her. Once she’s functional again, she checks in with MU/TH/UR to report that her original attempt to find the Kalisk failed. She insists on returning to finish the assignment. During the process, Dek’s presence on Genna is confirmed, and Wey-Yu classifies him as a direct threat to the operation.

When morning comes, Dek and Thia leave Bud behind and push forward. Their path leads them to the wreckage of Thia’s crew, along with the remains of her severed legs. As Thia begins to repair herself amid the debris, the Kalisk appears, massive and terrifying. Dek leaps into action, fighting with every ounce of skill he has. He manages to sever the creature’s head, only to see it begin to regenerate almost immediately.

The battle intensifies, and Dek finds himself pinned under the beast. Just as the Kalisk seems ready to finish him off, it pauses—sensing Bud’s scent on Dek. At that moment, Tessa arrives with a squad of other Synthetics. Using advanced tech, they freeze both Dek and the Kalisk, securing them aboard their ship and also recovering Thia.

Tessa leads the Synthetics back to Earth, intending to deliver the Kalisk to Wey-Yu so they can exploit its regenerative abilities. They also plan to study Dek, even though he isn’t vital to the mission. Thia pleads with Tessa, trying to reach her as a sister, but Tessa coldly rejects the idea, revealing she never planned to rescue Thia and only wanted the data she collected. Worse, Tessa intends to have Thia decommissioned.

As Tessa begins torturing Dek, Thia intervenes and shuts down the machine. When Tessa departs, Thia seizes the moment, tricking a Synthetic into grabbing one of Dek’s explosives. This gives Dek the opening he needs to make his escape.

Dek stumbles across Bud standing inside a massive Kalisk footprint and immediately realizes that the Kalisk is Bud’s mother. In response, he marks Bud as part of his clan, just as she had marked him. With a renewed sense of purpose, Dek begins collecting all the deadly tools and materials he’s encountered on Genna, preparing to turn them into weapons against the Synthetics.

Dek and Bud reach the Wey-Yu base just before it sets course for Earth. They strike first, taking out most of the Synthetics and freeing Thia, restoring her legs so she can join the fight. Together, the trio decimates the remaining Synthetics.

Tessa appears in a mechanical suit, launching an attack against them. The Kalisk is unleashed, and with the combined efforts of Dek, Bud, and Thia, it tears through the suit. The creature consumes Tessa before she can strike Thia. Reunited with Bud, the Kalisk becomes Dek’s powerful ally.

In a final act of defiance, Tessa tries to use hidden weaponry from within the Kalisk, but it backfires—freezing her and causing a fatal explosion. As she attempts one last strike on Thia, Dek impales her, and Bud finishes the job, ripping out her head and spine, leaving no doubt that justice has been served.

Dek lands back on Yautja Prime, carrying Tessa’s skull as proof that he completed his hunt, setting his sights on claiming his father’s cloak next. Njhorr, however, refuses to acknowledge his return and commands his guards to kill him. Dek swiftly dispatches them and confronts his father directly.

Njhorr tries to turn invisible, but Dek uses his ship to kick up dirt, revealing him. Dek disarms Njhorr and brings him to his knees. The clan leader urges Dek to yield and assume his place in the clan, but Dek declares he’s forging a new one. At that moment, a fully grown Bud emerges from the ship and bites off Njhorr’s head. Thia steps forward, officially recognizing Dek as a true Yautja.

Before Dek can savor his victory, the remaining Yautja arm themselves as another ship descends—and Dek realizes with shock that it belongs to his mother.

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