Genre: Mystery / Drama
Duration: 130 minuten
Country:
United States / United Kingdom
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johansson
IMDb score:
8,5 (1.469.070)
Releasedate: 19 October 2006
The Prestige plot
"Are You Watching Closely?"
Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) have been rivals since starting as aspiring magicians. Now, around 1900, they are both accomplished illusionists and their rivalry has grown to immense proportions. So big that everything and everyone near the arch-rivals is at risk.
Actors and actresses
Robert Angier / Gerald Root
Alfred Borden
Cutter
Olivia Wenscombe
Sarah Borden
Nikola Tesla
Alley
Julia McCullough
Prosecutor
Jess Borden
Reviews & comments
wihu61
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- 863 messages
- 419 votes
So: one presents a trick that is impossible/unexplainable without a doppelganger.
Solution: they come up with a cloning device (a bit like transporter at Star Trek)
But: then at some point the clones will suffocate! What now?
Solution: each clone drowns itself in a bowl of water... done!
A historical drama set in Victorian England... that turns out to be science fiction of the cheapest kind.
How anyone can judge this nonsense positively is a complete mystery to me.
In fact, you as a viewer are simply being cheated here.
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filmfan0511
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- 1004 messages
- 1029 votes
The Prestige is good, but occasionally collapses under its own weight. The concept is very nice and most of the film is presented in a stylish and interesting way. But in the last fifteen minutes or so the house of cards collapsed a bit for me. Sure, purely on paper , the disputes are watertight, but that's not what my dislike point is about. I found the twist(s) to be way too easy (a doppelganger and a clone, really?) and way too explained. A twist should come together nicely, and not be explained so exaggeratedly. The ending just felt like movie, like a fabricated twist, and that made it a little less interesting for me.
But good, everything else was fine, as I am used to from Nolan. All those magic tricks looked visually beautiful, playing around with different timelines worked great and Bale and Jackman both put in very strong performances. They were evenly matched and played well together. Scarlett Johansson's role could have been scrapped, or should have been made more meaningful.
3.5*, with a slightly more organic ending it would have easily been a 4*.
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kleintje 2
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- 451 messages
- 834 votes
The Prestige (2006) | innovative and mysterious - SRSCK
My own review for those interested. My grade: 8.6/10
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