Dueling magicians and sworn enemies try and outwit one another in 1897 London.

Rating: 1/10 (15 September 2007)

Angier (Jackman) is killed at the start of the movie. Borden (Bale) is in prison for the murder, reading Angier's journal which is quoting a magic tricks book Angier stole from Borden! Huh? Woefully directed by Nolan this great-looking but pretentious mush-mash flashes back, forward, and simultaneous sideways so that without your own story board you won't follow it. But you won't care! This turn of the 19th century atmospheric but odd movie about dueling magicians, their hate for one another, a mystery that binds them, and their growing young art is too uneven. It dwells on the atmosphere and deep-secreted illusions and forgets character development and reality. Is this mess sci-fi or drama-thriller? I say junk.