Rating of
3.5/4
The Prestige review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 09/19/11
The story of two rivaled magicians out doing each other, Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman). Main engineer John Cutter (Michael Caine) assists Robert and acquires an assistant named Olivia Wenscombe (Scarlett Johansson). Robert meets Nikola Tesla (David Bowie) to have him create a teleporting machine. Some of the finer lines on the picture: Robert Angier – “Man's reach exceeds his imagination!” Alfred Borden – “The sacrifice... that's the price of a good trick.” Bale and Jackman were solid, Caine was effective and Johansson surprisingly good. The score was not that appealing and the conclusion was a bit disappointing since it utilized science fiction when the first and middle portion of the film didn’t involve any. The premise was good and directing was top notch, if only as a whole could have been better. Its themes of obsession, envy, science vs. magic were portrayed. The Pledge was entertaining, but became unsatisfying based on the execution in the latter part of the movie.
