At first, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were best friends who have different advantages as a magician. Borden has an outstanding talent and Angier has talent for speaking that can make the audience concentrating. Borden wanted to perform more dangerous magic others do not. Then one day, he tied a knot of Angier's wife Julia who is a showgirl. But the knot was unlike the usual. Finally, Julia couldn't untie the knot and died. After that, they saw the magic of each other and found out a method of each other's magic. Then they revealed the method and slandered each other.
Actually, Borden performed with his hidden twins. But Angier performed with a man resembling him. Borden heard this fact to Olivia who is Angier's showgirl and made ruin Robert's performance.
Fallon was a hidden twins of Borden. They made the one person dressed up to look like someone else. They kept changing the role.
It was a perfect movie from the beginning to the ending. Description of magic starting with narration by Michael Caine. Slowly and invited us to their magic then lead us to the third step of the tremendous magic. I can not take my eyes off the movie like magic. Angier who was colorful on the stage but behind cruel than anyone. Borden who didn't live his life of a real himself. The movie made me think a lot but also was lingering a while.