Review of The Prestige (2006) by Four Star F — 16 Jul 2013

Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johannson, and Michael Caine with director Christopher Nolan, this film is about two magicians who ultimately become rivals. After the death of Robert Angier's wife, he blames Alfred Borden and thus begins their quest to become the greatest magicians the world has ever seen.

Along the way Borden finds a wife and has a daughter, while Angiers tries to discover Borden's secrets various ways. Both men will stop at nothing to succeed even if it means sabotage, wounding, or even traveling to Colorado in Angier's case.

With Borden in jail for murder of his rival, it appears as if Angiers has won. However, in the end all is not as it seems and it is revealed to the audience. Once again Nolan uses non linear storytelling to develop this intriguing mystery.

I was not much of an authority on magic but now I know you have the pledge, the turn, and of course the prestige.