Abracadabra
Oooh, I saw The Prestige a couple of nights ago. It's pretty dang haunting. The movie stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johanssen, and Michael Caine. Here's the skinny:
Two aspiring magicians, Robert Angler (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) work with handler Cutter (Caine) as audience plants for a magic act. Angler is married to one of the act's primary performers, a young woman who escapes from a locked water tank every night. However, one night, the act goes terribly wrong. As a result, the two young men, once friends and confidantes, are separated by grief, suspicion, and doubt.
As Angler and Borden begin building their careers as magicians, they maintain an intense rivalry (spurred on by a desire for revenge) with one another. When Borden debuts an impossible trick, which he calls "The Transported Man," Angler is determined to learn its secret and steal it for himself. As Angler's obsession to posses Borden's secret consumes him, he realizes he will do anything to exact revenge upon Borden and triumph over him for good.
Performances are all good. Bale is downright spooky at times. Warning: you will have to have a rather flexible suspension of disbelief for this movie. But, in my opinion, it's worth it. There are two secrets at the end of the film. I guessed one, and the other one was a surprise. I won't spoil either of them here, as the movie is worth seeing for yourself. Creepy stuff, but it will definitely give you something to analyze for an evening or two.
Two aspiring magicians, Robert Angler (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) work with handler Cutter (Caine) as audience plants for a magic act. Angler is married to one of the act's primary performers, a young woman who escapes from a locked water tank every night. However, one night, the act goes terribly wrong. As a result, the two young men, once friends and confidantes, are separated by grief, suspicion, and doubt.
As Angler and Borden begin building their careers as magicians, they maintain an intense rivalry (spurred on by a desire for revenge) with one another. When Borden debuts an impossible trick, which he calls "The Transported Man," Angler is determined to learn its secret and steal it for himself. As Angler's obsession to posses Borden's secret consumes him, he realizes he will do anything to exact revenge upon Borden and triumph over him for good.
Performances are all good. Bale is downright spooky at times. Warning: you will have to have a rather flexible suspension of disbelief for this movie. But, in my opinion, it's worth it. There are two secrets at the end of the film. I guessed one, and the other one was a surprise. I won't spoil either of them here, as the movie is worth seeing for yourself. Creepy stuff, but it will definitely give you something to analyze for an evening or two.
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