The Prestige [2006] | ![The Prestige [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Qv1-TJkpL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Piper Perabo, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 596
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 125
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321902106472
ASIN: B000K7LQS8
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: March 12, 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. While Bale's Alfred Borden is a more skilled illusionist, Jackman's Rufus Angier is the better showman; much of the film's interesting first half is their attempts to sabotage--and simultaneously, top--each other's tricks. Even with the help of a prop inventor (Michael Caine) and a comely assistant (Scarlett Johansson), Angier can't match Borden's ultimate illusion: The Transporting Man. Angier's obsession with learning Borden's trick leads him to an encounter with an eccentric inventor (David Bowie) in a second half that gets bogged down in plot loops 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. It's better to sit back and let the sometimes-clunky turns steer themselves than try to draw back the black curtain. That said, The Prestige still manages to entertain long after the magician has left the stage--a feat in itself. --Ellen A. Kim
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 Don't bother June 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch for half an hour. Guess the twist. Don't watch the rest. It only gets smugger and more preposterous as it goes on.
 Simply stunning June 23, 2008
I realise that this is the 105th review, so ill keep it short.
This film is one of the most exciting, interesting and confusing films i have ever seen. you spend your whole time trying to piece together the puzzle, which comes in little bits as flashbacks. Then at the end the mian plot is revealed, but you just dont feel fulfilled until you have watched it a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th time just to make sure you understand everything.
Having said this, at no point in time was i bored or frustrated with the film, it keeps you thinking and on the edge of your seat, but without being tedious.
A must watch!
fantastic June 7, 2008
excellent murder mystery with the two leads on fine form.this is a smart,well made flick that is really good
The Prestige: The Masterpiece May 24, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Prestige is an unforgettable grandeur to the show business world; had it not been released, then stoicism and vulgar incomprehensibility would plague this unprecedented and belligerent world we live in.
Christopher Nolan is undoubtedly a true genius; give him a pad and paper, and the final outcome is this.
Following the exceptional performance of Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, the way Nolan projected the intense rivalry between these two magicians could only be summed down to one word: spectacular.
What also adds to the melodramatic motion picture is the consistency of the illusions and remarkable tricks that are played out between these two assertive and challenging men.
If there was any other way to ameliorate this magical masterpiece, it must be a misapprehended fallacy or perfidious inferiority that would obliterate the plausible and prominent, the piece de resistance film: The Prestige.
Fantastic May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Probably the best film I've seen in ages. Great acting, great direction and a plot that twists more than Chubby Checker. A little hard to follow at times but it all becomes clear at the end!
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