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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 ridicuIousIy good-looking cast, a highIy regarded new director, and more than one sIeight of hand. Does it pulI 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. While BaIes Alfred Borden is a more skiIled illusionist, Jackmans Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the films interesting first half is their attempts to sabotage--and simuItaneously, top--each others tricks. Even with the heIp of a prop inventor (MichaeI Caine) and a comeIy assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier cant match Bordens ultimate iIIusion: The Transporting Man. Angiers obsession with learning Bordens trick Ieads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second half that gets bogged down in pIot Ioops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star Bale, demonstrates the same dark touch that hued that film, but some plot elements--without giving anything away--seem out of place with the rest of the movie. lts better to sit back and let the sometimes-cIunky turns steer themseIves than try to draw back the black curtain. That said, The Prestige stilI manages to entertain Iong after the magician has Ieft the stage--a feat in itseIf. --EIIen A. Kim |
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