This is the second Christopher Nolan installment after Memento which I have seen from start to end , and he dumbfounds me each time !!!The Prestige is a period film set in London , where in MAGIC is the bread n butter of aspiring artists and a delight for the audiences.
Christian Bale plays Borden and Hugh Jackman plays Angier , two ambitious Magicians. Michael Caine plays the veteran , having all the tricks up his sleeves.
One fine day , Borden in his charm for experimentation , makes a blunder , which turns Angier as his only foe. The Prestige at this point comes out as a survival of the fittest (magician !) with both of them trying to out do each other.
The turning point in the film is the Transported Man trickery performed by Borden(Bale) , making people marvel him.
This cat and mouse duel in between all the ABRACADABRA ... culminates in such a manner never seen before.. !!
The director has always been an expert in non-linear narration (a la' Memento) , and comes out good this time too.
Awesome execution of the plot!!
Rating : 5.0/5.0
3 comments:
Prestige was definitely a damn good movie. I didn't know that Memento and Prestige were made by the same guy. Hats off to him for enriching our movie library in these days where almost everyone wants to play safe and stick to the "tried" and "tested" concepts...
It was truly a great movie.. and yes.. the non linear narration - that moves in the same order as the 3 stages of magic...
Awesome Ending I must say..
Prestige was really a spellbinding movie ... the non-liner narration style was again remarkably presented .... And of-course the ending was great
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