The Prestige

I believe most of us have seen magic show of some kind, whether it is on TV or on stage. Magic is some kind of illusory feat which considered magical by an audience which do not know the secret of how it was done. Equipment, timing, dexterity and packaging are all part of a magic trick. The Prestige, about 2 magician, initially friends then became enemy when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong, thus beginning their journey to outdo one another and when obessession to know the secret of each other's magic trick, one goes to extreme measures to make sure the other fails in life.

Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier, who wants revenge on Borden, who indirectly caused Angier's wife death. The movie started with the ending where Borden was to be hanged for murdering Angier, but the as the movie reveals what happened between these 2 man, it was more than meets the eye.

Angier shot off 2 of Borden's fingers when he was performing the "Bullet Catch" trick

With Michael Caine as Cutter's help, Angier's never done before "Bird in a cage" trick was suppose to be a success but till Borden sabotage him on stage, causing no theatre would
let him to perform

Borden came up with a trick called "The transported man", basically idea was the same man
to disappear and reappear within split seconds. This trick made him famous and angier was
all out to find his secret, sending the *stunning Scarlett* as Olivia to spy on him. Though cutter
was sure his secret was to use a double.

Angier who didn't believe the secret was a double, but had choice as he and Cutter had no
more tricks left up their sleeves, so use that idea and repackaged it. It was a success
nonetheless.

Olivia who was supposed to help angier find out Borden's secret fell in love with him. Led
Borden to Angier's double. Thus causing his show to fail again and broked his leg too.

This made Angier kidnapped Borden's assistant with Cutter's help, but he did not reveal the secret. But Borden who wanted to save this assistant so much, gave the so called secret out, but actually to mislead Angier.

So Angier's went to look for Tesla, a scientist who was experimenting some kind of teleportation with his machine, and Tesla's experimentation was lacking money to fund so he mislead Angier to believe that he did build something for Borden's trick. In the end, tesla did build something for Angier, and it worked but with a side effect. It was not really teleportation !!!! It was cloning !!!!

With Cutter's help again, Angier performed again, this time round was a huge success, how can one disappear, reappear within split seconds far away from where he disappear ?!??!?! Borden and his assistant was clueless on what was the secret. They only knew the spot where Angier was standing will open up so that he will fall to below but they never figure out how can he get up to the first row of the theatre that fast. Though on the brink of giving up, Borden need to go back stage to find his secrets, and to his disbelief, what he saw was a tank full of water where Angier will fall into and indeed Angier fell into it, locked immediately !!! Borden tried to smash up the tank but it was too late, Angier drowned and Cutter witnessed it thus becaming the main witness that caused Borden to be sentenced to be hanged

The parts finally came and the puzzle is pieced together. The person Borden killed was actually the clone which was the product of the machine !!! It was a plot to destroy Borden, take his daughter, and Cutter's not knowingly became Angier's accomplice.

But the twist did not end, Angier was shot dead in the end, by who ? The same person who was hanged in prison !!! Borden has a twin brother who was the assistant all along, performing the "transported man" trick all along.

Should have guessed it when he wanted to save his assistant so much, but the movie diverted the focus to other points thus leaving this doubt to the final twist. It was all along 2 identical man living a single life.

Moment of the movie :
When Angier told Olivia that all the effort to make sure Borden fail in life was not about his wife anymore, he just want to know the secrets of his tricks and outdo him, it has become an obsession that caused him dearly. Clearly, what a human is capable of.

Nice movie. 8/10.