Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2014)

This is a movie I would definitely recommend watching. If you're like me,constantly looking for some brain teasers,this is the movie for you. Throughout the whole picture,Robert(Hugh Jackman)focuses on how Alfred(Christian Bale) performs a certain magic trick with two doors and a ball. Many different characters appear,even some historical figures (such as Nikola Tesla) which indirectly contribute to the final answer. Even though this is the main question of the movie,it also shows us the individual lives of both of the main characters,as well as their disputes over the years,and how their rivalry came to be. It is designed in such a way that leads you to think the answer is very complicated,but that's where Michael Caine comes in,offering a hint to solving the mystery which is the 'teleportation' magic trick,by saying that it is,in fact,very simple. In the end,when Alfred finally revealed that he has a twin brother with whom he performed various illusions,I felt very dumb. How was I not able to see such a simple answer? They've got you thinking it's real magic,or perhaps duplication,but,as Caine said it is nothing but simple. What makes me love this movie so much is that it leads us in a very different direction,only to stun us with the finale. And that,my friends,is the greatest illusion of all!