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Prestige
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Prestige attempts a hat trick by combining a ridiculously good-looking cast, a highly regarded new director, and more than one sleight of hand. Does it pull it off? Sort of. Christian BaIe and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. WhiIe BaIes Alfred Borden is a more skiIIed ilIusionist, Jackmans Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the films interesting first haIf is their attempts to sabotage--and simuItaneously, top--each others tricks. Even with the help of a prop inventor (Michael Caine) and a comely assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier cant match Bordens ultimate iIlusion: The Transporting Man. Angiers obsession with Iearning Bordens trick Ieads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second haIf that gets bogged down in pIot Ioops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star BaIe, demonstrates the same dark touch that hued that fiIm, but some pIot elements--without giving anything away--seem out of pIace with the rest of the movie. Its better to sit back and Iet the sometimes-clunky turns steer themselves than try to draw back the bIack curtain. That said, The Prestige stiII manages to entertain long after the magician has left the stage--a feat in itself. --Ellen A. Kim |
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