Great film! Very under-rated!

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2007)

You can't even begin to write a comment for this film without trying to give the plot away. Christopher Nolan has really shown his depth and imagination with this film. Its fantastically edited and directed. It's cleverly narrated through two magicians diaries, one reading the others of past events, with several scenes deployed in the middle which show current events.
The film is about two magicians, Borden (Bale) & Angier (Jackman) who become rivals after an accident at a show (that they have been performing before), where the magician on stage picks two members from the audience (ie: Bale and Jackman), they tie up Angier's partner by the hands and feet. She goes into the glass cage filled with water...from here on - the rivalry starts. Throughout the film, Bale & Angier are determined to get the better of each other by coming up with better tricks, but the film takes such a dark twist into something more sinister, which is what the makes the film's conclusion so great and simple. It's not until Borden perfoms the most greatest trick that Angier has ever seen, that he is determined to better Borden's. This leads onto a great exploration of one person's desperation to seek his true goal in life, to become the greatest magician over Borden.
A lot of people here say "Oh it was predictable" - maybe it was, but then, you still don't expect even when you know the truth.
It's a film that didn't really give the impact that it probably should of done on the public, it wasn't a huge film publicity wise, but its a great film with a magnificent story, and the acting is second to-none. Cane, Johansson and Bowie do fanatastic jobs as sub characters - although Johansson's English accent is one to be questioned.
Overall its a really enjoyable film, a tiny bit long, but the story drags you in to make you watch it to the end. Top purchase on DVD! Go buy!