The Prestige (DVD) Reviews

From the director that brought us Memento and the two latest Batman films, Christopher Nolan excels himself with this dramatic thriller, The Prestige. The Plot The film begins with Michael Caine's character telling a young girl about a magic trick. Each magic trick has three parts, the Pledge, the Turn and then finally The ...

A couple of nights ago my daughter was watching a film and since she was watching it in my living room I sat and watched it with her too. Before I had watched it I had not heard of The Prestige before and didn't have any idea what it was about. The thing is that I absolutely hate anything to do with magic or magicians, so I really think my ...

The Prestige is the second big and bold film about 19th century magicians to be greedily gobbled up by my DVD player this year and, like the Illusionist, is really rather good. Where as Neil Burgers film-The Illusionist-relied on digital effects and a gentle love affair between Ed Norton and Jessica Beil to tease the viewers into the mystery like ...

Up and coming Magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) are friends working for trick designer Cutter (Michael Caine). When an often performed trick leads to the death of Angier's wife the friendship turns to rivalry. When Borden comes up with a stunning new trick Angier will go to any lengths, including ...

Each magic trick includes three stages, The Pledge - Where the magician shows the audience something that appears ordinary but is probably not, making use of misdirection. The Turn - Where the magician makes the ordinary act extraordinary. And The Prestige - Where the effect of the illusion is produced. There are "twists ...

At the end of the nineteenth century, two magicians, Alfred Borden and Robert Angier, work together on the same act until one day, an accident occurs and Angier's wife dies. Heart-broken and blaming Borden for her death, he splits from Borden and the two become rivals. When Borden meets and marries Sarah and comes up with the ultimate magic trick, ...

I bought this film ages ago and finally got round to watching it with my partner this weekend, and I am so glad that we did in the end! I can honestly say that I think The Prestige is one of the best things that I have watched in a long, long time! The film is based on the book The Prestige by Christopher Priest, and has been adapted ...

The Prestige is the latest film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, of Memento & Batman Returns fame. It is based on a book by Christopher Priest, has a superlative cast… Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johannson amongst them and is a tale of revenge, rivalry and love in turn of the century London (19th to ...

I can’t quite make my mind up about Christopher Nolan. “Batman Begins” is a terrific movie whereas “Memento” confused the hell out of me. Renowned for his non-linear plot lines, Nolan is one of the more sophisticated directors that you either get in a big way or simply hate. So when I realized that he’d been the inspiration behind the recent movie ...

The Prestige is a film I have seen advertised for some time but never really fancied watching it. A friend of mine lent me it to watch last night and I thought what the hey, it hasn't cost me anything so I'll give it a go, I was pleasantly surprised. Set in the early 1900's in London the film is very dark in tone and almost borders on ...

'The Prestige' is an interesting film, directed by Christopher Nolan and released at the end of 2006, which tells of the rivalry between two magicians. The story is set mainly in Victorian England and chronicles the relationship between the two men - Alfred Borden (played by Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (played by Hugh Jackman). The men start ...

The Prestige is an extroardinary film that I had the pleasure to see this week. I saw it on the trailor for 'World Trade Centre' and thought it looked quite interesting so I bookmarked it in my mind until it was released. Of course, not many films live up to the trailors but this one did, in fact it surpassed them. Directed by ...

... when first we practice to deceive." Ambition. Entertainment. Enchantment. Mysticism. Chimera. - M - A - G - I - C - "Every great magic trick consists of three acts." "The first act is called "The Pledge"; the magician shows you something ordinary, ...

(Film only review) What sounds better than a grudge match between two magicians, not much I reckon? Imagine Paul Daniels going head to head in a boxing ring with David Blaine or Copperfield taking on the reanimated corpse of Houdini, sounds brill! Perhaps this was the thought that went through Christopher Nolan’s mind when he decided ...

Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were friends. Enthralled and fascinated by illusions and magician’s tricks, they work closely with an inventor named Cutter to help carry out increasingly dangerous illusions in front of bemused Victorian audiences. But then tragedy strikes. During a particularly popular act involving a locked water tank, Angier’s ...

Stop right here. Don't read this review. Don't watch any Film 2006-type reviews of this film. Don't even watch the trailers. Put your fingers in your ears and sing "La la la" if *anyone* tries to tell you a single thing about this movie. And that includes me! Just go and see it, and do it before some numpty spoils one single twist in ...