Film Review for The Prestige
By George Robbins
[usr 4.8]
This film review for The Prestige is all about how this film is a completely subversive film. There are plenty of twists and turns throughout the film, and they all make the film even more interesting. This film sees a rivalry form between two street magicians vying for peoples’ attention. Therefore, much of the film is filled with the magicians trying out different tactics to get people interested in them. As time goes on, they just keep getting more and more elaborate until it costs each of them too much.
The film starts off simply enough with two street magicians trying to outperform one another, and trying to become famous. As time goes on, they plot against one another more and more to try and out do the other. This causes all sorts of problems to arise in their personal lives and makes them unable to see past the competition. Following a series of serious life events, the magicians themselves each find acts that suit them, but try to figure out how the other does it. This is what ultimately causes there to be twists in the film.
In Conclusion for this film review of The Prestige
By the end of the film, we the viewers are left in suspense as we have no idea just what is happening. The characters are in situations that we wonder how they got themselves into them. All of our questions are answered by the end of the film, however. Following a couple of shocking reveals, the feud ends, and we can feel a little relieved but also upset at such a series of events. As I said, this film review for The Prestige is one discussing the subversiveness of the film. If you really want to know why it is subversive, then go watch it.
For more information on the film, and spoilers, click here. For a film similar to this, try Inception.