"Prestige" has amazing twists, amazing reveal

Rating: 9/10 (18 August 2007)

What makes "The Prestige" so different from other films is that the storyline is so fresh and original. So many times we have seen stories about a secret agent on the run or superheroes saving the world. But the Prestige concerns two magicians obsessed with mastering the new arts of magic tricks, and their obsession, even to the death, to figure them out before the other.
Christopher Nolan's film-noir style brings a very brooding and ominous feel to the film, which in the end, turns out to be very deathly and the audience realizes that the climax has been met by a series of lies.
Yet, when you feel like you understand what is happening in the plot, either a twist occurs or you reach the end of the film realizing that much that has happened was a lie anyway. This may be an ambiguous way to describe the events of "The Prestige-" but this is indeed the way the movie goes, until you are left at the end full of additional questions that you thought you already had the answer to- and want to see it again as soon as possible! 4/4 stars