A little-bit of sci-fi to help finish a too long movie

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2007)

I watch this movie yesterday and was disappointed. Not by the acting nor the way the movie is constructed (flashback), but by the ridiculous ending. The "twin" trick was quite interesting but not that surprising. But the "cloning-machine" trick was hilarious in a, until then, realistic movie. If, from the beginning, we would have known that we were in a fantastic type movie then it is acceptable. But the movie was presented as a true and realistic rivalry between two ambitious magicians. After the clone trick, I was expecting martians to come and save Borden's brother from being hang. It looks like the scenarist did not know how to finish its, already, very long scenario and had to find something incredible to fool the audience. "... Whaa, he makes clones of himself with electricity in 1899...". Tesla and Edison must roll themselves in their graves laughing.