Just BAD!

Rating: 2/10 (22 October 2006)

(Contains no real spoiler, but could prompt a naive viewer to draw conclusions prematurely.)
The intrigue of magic, what invites people to suspend disbelief for a moment, is the realization that the trick never IS supernatural; completing it doesn't require the violation of laws of physics, although all one's senses tells you it must.
This movie, although beautifully composed and photographed, relies on sci-fi stunts to carry the story, which I think cheapen it and preclude it from being brilliant, even clever.
Also, using the analytical tool of working backward from the ending to determine the likelihood of the events that preceded it, there are a number of problems with the story. Apparently, these magicians could not only conjure up illusions, but could also read minds and foretell the future.
A big disappointment. . .