"Are you watching closely?"

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2013)

Welcome to the ultimate cine-magic trick! Encased in the late 1900's when "mans' reach exceeds his imagination" competing magicians enter into each others escalating tricks and entangled traps. But how willing are they to get their hands dirty and do they have the commitment that is required to pull off the trick? The films' darkness is appropriate as Christopher Nolan maximizes the story, while his cast and spins his seduced audience. It's difficult to not get reeled in by the storyline and we are even told the tricks, but the astonishment of the prestige still amazes! The film begins with the line,"Are you watching closely?" and yet when it's all over you will need to ask yourself the question again and again!