The Prestige

The Prestige

The Prestige is a film directed by Christpher Nonlan in 2006.It tells a story of two stage magigcans Robert Angier ( Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christain Bail), livivng in the end of the 19th century. They start to learn the art of magic under the supervision of their mentor Cutter ( Micheal Cane). But tragedy strikes when Anigers wife piper dies by drowning in a magic trick gone horribly wrong. Angier blames Borden for tying the knots too tight, and so a feud between the two magicians is born. The two become obssed with competing with each others performances and trying to discredit each others work. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this film, like many of Christopher Nolan's films the plot was complex and full of red herrings, that led you to believe that you knew what was going on, until the real truth was revealed. I found myself torn between who was the villain and who was the hero of the film. The film kept me on my toes, the non chronological order of the film meant that I had to pay close attention to understand what was going on.

The ending of the film has left me with so many questions.The biggest being whether or not the real Angier had been shot or if in fact it was another duplicate of himself? I think that leaving the audeince asking questions and wanting to see more is what makes this film such a success.