The Prestige Review

Release Date: 10 November 2006

Age Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 130 mins

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson

Review:

Six years after Memento was released Christopher Nolan returned with another amazing physiological thriller. It starts head to head magicians set in the 20^th Century, played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, they compete against each other to try and one up each other in rival magic shows. Michael Caine, David Bowie and Scarlett Johansson round up this fantastic cast; there are no weak links in this film regards to acting. The head to head magician’s story takes a turn for the worst, they seek revenge, trickery and apparently murder. That is how you keep the audience interested.

Christopher Nolan’s script is tight and keeps the viewer on the edge of their seats. It really asks for the viewer to ‘watch closely’, as Michael Caine may say. The magnificence is also followed by the dialogue and sequences. This is a film which cannot be easily explained, you will have to watch it over and over again to get a real grip on this story.

The Prestige’s moral is that everybody believes they have to be the better man, no matter what the costs shall be. The final twists in the ending scenes left me gob smacked and demanding for an explanation from Nolan himself.  This film must be experienced first hand, if you have not laid your eyes on this motion picture, go out right now and buy.

9.7/10

Here's the trailer: