Levitation and that fake healing type of "surgery" have both been performed by other types of magicians,and have both been revealed to be merely tricks. They had shown the photograph of the sitting "levitating" man in the movie earlier, probably to show that levitation has been de-bunked in real life, since it was stated that the picture was due to a trampoline.
Murphy's character seemed to be not in control of his abilities, it came out when he was upset, excited, agitated, etc. For example, DeNiro's glancing up at the noise of the machine being turned on could look like DeNiro getting angry and "knowing" what Murphy's character was trying to do and then causing the theater to explode, lights explode, etc., BUT, looking back when we know the real deal, it can be explained that Murphy's character got angry when DeNiro looked up, and that caused all the explosions, from Murphy's character's agitation of still not knowing if DeNiro was like him, or being caught, etc, or Murphy's character being just EXTREMELY hot headed, to say the least.
It was stated in the interview that Silver was on, prior to his comeback performance, that the heart attack critic had a postmortem exam that proved he had died of natural causes. Definitely a manipulative move on the director's part, and a misleading cheap shot. Weaver's death could fall under the same "Murphy's character can't control it" explanation, and his anger and agitation sent a "wave" of hostile energy, which Weaver got caught in. His guilt would definitely explain his violent reaction.
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