The Prestige [Blu-ray]
starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Russ Fega, Ricky Jay, James Lancaster
directed by: Christopher Nolan
directed by: Christopher Nolan
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ROBERT & ALFRED ARE RIVAL MAGICIANS. WHEN ALFRED PERFORMS THE ULTIMATE MAGIC TRICK, ROBERT TRIES DESPERATELY TO FIND OUT THE SECRET OF THE TRICK.
Amazon.com:
The Prestige attempts a hat trick by combining a ridiculously good-looking cast, a highly regarded new director, and more than one sleight of hand. Does it pull it off? Sort of. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. While Bale's Alfred Borden is a more skilled illusionist, Jackman's Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the film's interesting first half is their attempts to sabotage--and simultaneously, top--each other's tricks. Even with the help of a prop inventor (Michael Caine) and a comely assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier can't match Borden's ultimate illusion: The Transporting Man. Angier's obsession with learning Borden's trick leads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second half that gets bogged down in plot loops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star Bale, demonstrates the same dark touch that hued that film, but some plot elements--without giving anything away--seem out of place with the rest of the movie. It's better to sit back and let the sometimes-clunky turns steer themselves than try to draw back the black curtain. That said, The Prestige still manages to entertain long after the magician has left the stage--a feat in itself. --Ellen A. Kim
ROBERT & ALFRED ARE RIVAL MAGICIANS. WHEN ALFRED PERFORMS THE ULTIMATE MAGIC TRICK, ROBERT TRIES DESPERATELY TO FIND OUT THE SECRET OF THE TRICK.
Amazon.com:
The Prestige attempts a hat trick by combining a ridiculously good-looking cast, a highly regarded new director, and more than one sleight of hand. Does it pull it off? Sort of. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. While Bale's Alfred Borden is a more skilled illusionist, Jackman's Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the film's interesting first half is their attempts to sabotage--and simultaneously, top--each other's tricks. Even with the help of a prop inventor (Michael Caine) and a comely assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier can't match Borden's ultimate illusion: The Transporting Man. Angier's obsession with learning Borden's trick leads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second half that gets bogged down in plot loops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star Bale, demonstrates the same dark touch that hued that film, but some plot elements--without giving anything away--seem out of place with the rest of the movie. It's better to sit back and let the sometimes-clunky turns steer themselves than try to draw back the black curtain. That said, The Prestige still manages to entertain long after the magician has left the stage--a feat in itself. --Ellen A. Kim
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Intriguing, Ultimately Disappointing
I was drawn to this movie because I am a fan of Christopher Nolan's other movies, such as Momento.The movie was typical of his work, featuring a dense, winding plot that requires film watchers to pay close attention at all times.I found the movie quite entertaining, and enjoyed piecing together the various plot clues and anticipating the 'twist' likely to occur at the conclusion.
Ultimately, however, I was disappointed by the film's final moments.I was intrigued by cutter's comment ... Read More
Rating: 
- No ENGLISH closed captions for the hearing impaired
NO ENGLISH CLOSED CAPTION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE.OH WELL.
WHEN ARE YOU GUYS - THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES GOING TO WAKE UP?
Rating: 
- Listen... do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?
The first part is called the pledge.
The second act is called the turn.
The third part is the prestige.
This movie, "The Prestige" starts out looking like any other formula rival movie you know pretty much how it's going to end; yet you are intrigued with the details of the journey. We have seen twists and turns before and are no stranger to them so we expect twists and turns during and at the end of the movie or do we?
Two ... Read More
Rating: - revenge is no illusion
Two magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), started out as partners and friends, but then a tragic stage accident made them bitter enemies. Set in turn-of-the-century England, the film takes us behind the scenes, as it were, to learn the mechanics of magic, its craft, secrets, and showmanship. But this film is more about the men than their magic--it's about their obsessions, egos and envy. Angier and Borden do everything they can to destroy each other. They sabotage ... Read More
Rating: - An Homage To Tesla and Edison
For most people this movie is only about two stage-magicians who battle at outwitting each other by back-stabbing and stealing each others industrious "magic tricks", but to anyone who knows anything of history, the story is more in depth than that in that it is in fact an homage to Tesla and Edison battling over AC, or Alternating Current, and DC, or Direct Current, and that both men would go to any means necessary to come out on top.
The subtle nuances aside, the movie was brilliantly done, ... Read More
- Intriguing, Ultimately DisappointingI was drawn to this movie because I am a fan of Christopher Nolan's other movies, such as Momento.The movie was typical of his work, featuring a dense, winding plot that requires film watchers to pay close attention at all times.I found the movie quite entertaining, and enjoyed piecing together the various plot clues and anticipating the 'twist' likely to occur at the conclusion.
Ultimately, however, I was disappointed by the film's final moments.I was intrigued by cutter's comment ... Read More
- No ENGLISH closed captions for the hearing impairedNO ENGLISH CLOSED CAPTION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE.OH WELL.
WHEN ARE YOU GUYS - THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES GOING TO WAKE UP?
- Listen... do you want to know a secret?Do you promise not to tell?
The first part is called the pledge.
The second act is called the turn.
The third part is the prestige.
This movie, "The Prestige" starts out looking like any other formula rival movie you know pretty much how it's going to end; yet you are intrigued with the details of the journey. We have seen twists and turns before and are no stranger to them so we expect twists and turns during and at the end of the movie or do we?
Two ... Read More
- revenge is no illusionTwo magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), started out as partners and friends, but then a tragic stage accident made them bitter enemies. Set in turn-of-the-century England, the film takes us behind the scenes, as it were, to learn the mechanics of magic, its craft, secrets, and showmanship. But this film is more about the men than their magic--it's about their obsessions, egos and envy. Angier and Borden do everything they can to destroy each other. They sabotage ... Read More
- An Homage To Tesla and EdisonFor most people this movie is only about two stage-magicians who battle at outwitting each other by back-stabbing and stealing each others industrious "magic tricks", but to anyone who knows anything of history, the story is more in depth than that in that it is in fact an homage to Tesla and Edison battling over AC, or Alternating Current, and DC, or Direct Current, and that both men would go to any means necessary to come out on top.
The subtle nuances aside, the movie was brilliantly done, ... Read More
