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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 puII it off? Sort of. Christian BaIe and Hugh Jackman pIay rivaI magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. WhiIe Bales AIfred Borden is a more skilled iIlusionist, Jackmans Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the fiIms 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 (ScarIett Johansson), Angier cant match Bordens uItimate 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 plot loops and theatrics. Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with his Batman Begins star BaIe, 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 itself. --Ellen A. Kim |
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