whats important is the final act

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2006)

The prestige is the most perfect film i have seen for some time now.The prestige is all about its final act.You are left gasping for the last 15 minutes, as the director like a magician unfolds all the surprises in the final act,which is what the magician call the prestige.The story of the film unfolds just like a magic tricks and illusions of the magician. It starts with a simple magic act going wrong due to certain circumstances in which like every trick, there is a disguise, someone who moves our concentration from the real thing.In this case,The rival magician is present at the place of the unfortunate act, due to which he is accused of being the spoil sport and hence the murderer.This first act takes the viewers to the next act,which apparently in this film is set in the flashback of these rival magicians life.This act is full of contriving twists that feels like magic tricks(confusing).Here you really hope that the writer better have some good reasons for the unfolding events and good reasons he has which is the final act and that is The prestige.Just when you feel that justice is not done,the dark twist actually makes you feel good at the end and you are given an unintentional message that magic tricks are eventually small illusion which should not be delved in deeper studies with science as the fulcrum. They are all illusions and should remain as the acts and art(not science) of illusion. All in all a great film and a perfect magic act.Good to see that it has already entered in the list of top 250 films of all time.