An awesome and magical film

Rating: 9/10 (15 November 2006)

I have to say, when I walked into my local theater to see "The Prestige" I did not expect this film to be anything special, but I was taken for a huge surprise and I walked out with an indelible experience.
The plot was wicked and suspenseful and fun to watch unfold, but even more watchable were most of the performances that rounded out the film, making it all the more worthwhile. My main reason for seeing this film was Christian Bale, who totally delivered, but so did Hugh Jackman (although I would have preferred if he kept an English accent the first half of the film), Michael Caine (no surprise there), as well as David Bowie (who did surprise me) and Rebecca Hall. Everyone was solid, except Miss Johansson who dished out an utterly unfulfilling and dull performance which went nowhere and did nothing for the movie.
At any rate, the film was great and I'll definitely be going back to see this.