Very good and highly recommended, but not in my top 10 for the year

Rating: 7/10 (22 February 2007)

I've read some of the other reviews after seeing this, and I have the urge to say, "Get real, this was darn good, but it wasn't THE QUEEN or THE DEPARTED. It's sure better than 75% of the movies out there though.
It's about magic and it draws a person into this world of illusion. Unlike THE ILLUSIONIST, this goes into a world of professional rivalry which escalates until it becomes deadly. As such, it entertains massively and is a movie one will be glad to have seen.
This shows that Christopher Bale and Hugh Jackman certainly are serious actors capable of being more than comic book characters, and Christopher Nolan is more than a director of comic book adaptations.
This is indeed a movie to see, but don't stop here. See THE ILLUSIONIST for a different perspective on the world of illusion and those who live in it.