Dark, twisty, stylish and suspenseful

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2014)

This was better than I was expecting; dark, twisty, stylish and suspenseful. It's a fantastic period piece too and you really find yourself taken back to the Victorian era.
The Prestige follows two stage magicians as they try to one-up and ultimately destroy each over the course of their careers. Always searching for that one next great magic trick and eventually revenge after Alfred (Christian Bale) is accidentally responsible for killing someone close to his brother (Hugh Jackman) Of course there are great performances from all involved and the audience is left trying to catch up and figure out the many twists involved. And while I got the how's of one of them ending up in jail I sure didn't figure out the big reveal at the end. Michael Caine plays their mentor, and there's a neat cameo from David Bowie. Worth watching. 12.13