Abracadabra!

Rating: 9/10 (25 May 2007)

Christopher Nolan has directed wonderful movies like "Memento" and "Batman Begins". "The Prestige" continues Nolan's glorious path of becoming one of the top new film-makers in the world.
In "The Prestige" two friends Robert Angier and Alfred Borden (Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale) become rivals after tragic accident. First the game seems to be harmless but then rivalry becomes deathly. Both of them are trying to come up the most brilliant magic trick to become the most powerful magician. A beautiful assistant Olivia (Scarlett Johansson) creates even more turmoil between former friends.
"The Prestige" is a flashback movie. The editor Lee Smith has established to cut the film so that it is not hard to catch every turn. Nolan has written an adapted screenplay with his brother Jonathan which is based on a novel by Christopher Priest.
The cast is very best A-group. Especially Christian Bale is very convincing performing Alfred. Michael Caine is a man in the right place playing Robert Angier's associate Cutter. Superstar David Bowie appears in the film also.
The film holds you till the end. I recommend it to everybody who likes thriller drama with a little magic on the side!