Not like The Prestige

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2007)

Most reviews put this movie in the "suspense" category. However, that is far from the case. While the acting is decent, the plot is very thin. You sit through the first hour just waiting for something to happen. It's one of those "this is boring but I can't turn it off 'cause it feels like something's going to happen any minute now". Then you waste an hour and a half waiting for something to happen that never does.
Also, the movie does not form a tight enough connection between its characters and the audience, so any dramatic turn of events lacks the shock value.
This movie is slow, very much NOT in the suspense genre, and just "blah". Make sure you don't have high expectations before you watch this--prepare yourself. For a magician-focused movie that came out around the same time as The Prestige, this definitely takes 2nd place (or 5th if there were more to add to the list).