Recap of The Week: The Prestige

Three Men show proudly presents you the new featured post ‘Recap of the week’. From now on, every week there will be a recap. We’re going to recap movies that are epic and remain unknown to the most of us Indians. These posts will have solid reasons, why you should consider watching the recapped movies. Let’s get into the first one.

The prestige(2006) - a supernatural thriller movie by Christopher Nolan. The plot travels on a rivalry between two magicians Alfred Borden and Robert Angier in a non-linear way. The word prestige has given a marvellous explanation in the movie, 'Every magic act has 3 parts. First one: The pledge - the magician shows you ordinary something. Second one: The turn - the magician turns that ordinary something into extra-ordinary, (like disappearance). You wouldn't clap yet. Because, making something disappear isn't a big thing, the magician should bring it back that’s the third one called The prestige'.

The whole movie is a magic trick. Once you've seen the movie you’ll be fooled and will be looking for the secret (which is mentioned in the movie itself). I bet many have ended up watching the movie twice or more. I'm one of them. Apart from the excellent screenplay Alfred Borden’s dedication towards his work gives us a good habit to pick up. The movie is based on a novel by Christopher Priest. The movie casts well-known actors like Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine etc. Still, It haven’t reached many ears and eyes.

I don’t want this post to be a spoiler for those haven’t watched. May be I can’t write well about a storyline without being a spoiler, as it is my first post about a movie. But I'm sure even a word about the story can be a spoiler.

Christopher Nolan is one of the most gifted film-makers of our generation. You’ll realize this when watching this movie. ‘This deserves your movie bucket list’. You won’t get disappointed by sparing your time with the movie. Share your valuable thoughts about the film in comments..!!