Entertaining but not much

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2007)

I went to see this movie because I liked Memento, because it was about magicians and because Hugh Jackman was in it, and it was a bit disappointing. The first half hour, which should introduce the characters and make the viewer understand their situations, was plain and poorly told. After that half hour the director gives a few too obvious clues that with a little imagination let the viewer figure out the end in 2 seconds. I was one of those and I guessed the end, but I was curious about how the director was going to make it happen. The next half hour has some clever twists (the script keeps being poor though) and that is the part I enjoyed most. But then the director gives the movie a sci-fi turn and suddenly an unbelievable machine is used to give an end to the story. Looked like the director couldn't come up with a decent end after so many twists and he had to make up a machine to fix it. Well, I didn't buy it. I like the idea of multiple Hugh Jackmans circulating all over the world though :D