M154.頂尖對決 ﹝The Prestige ~~2006﹞

頂尖對決 ﹝The Prestige ~~2006﹞。2007.03.11。

二十世紀初的倫敦，出現兩名視對方為最大競爭對手的魔術師--Robert Angier（Huge Jackman），Alfred Borden（Christian Bale）。兩人相互不擇手段要破解對方的魔術手法，長年糾結的仇恨演變為具體的傷害和報復，甚至最後以置之死地的謀殺收場。

整部電影瀰漫著古典氣氛，可能因為主角是魔術師，於是老有著霧濛濛的感覺。Robert Angier 的技師Cutter（Michael Caine飾）在片子一開頭和最後都解釋了魔術的精髓，摘錄在下面：

Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called "The Pledge"; The magician shows you something ordinary, but of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn"; The magician makes his ordinary some thing do something extraordinary. Now if you're looking for the secret... you won't find it, that's why there's a third act called, "The Prestige"; this is the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you've never seen before.

Robert Angier一心要破解的「活體移轉」的魔術秘密，其實再簡單不過，只是Alfred Borden和他雙胞胎的兄弟合作的結果。幻影不過一時，最終矇騙自己的，其實是不願意面對真相的自己的心而已。