The Prestige

Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, with Scarlett Johansson and Michael Caine star in this movie about rivalry between two magicians.
The movie starts with the explanation of a successful trick - the pledge, the turn and finally, the prestige. And then, the movie proceeds as Borden is reading from Angier's diary.
Starting off as juniors with Cutter, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden aspire to become stars of their own show one day. Although Borden is extremely adventurous and wants to try out new things in their show, Angier is content and happy with his life and their shows. As part of his thought to trial to do new things, he ends up being the reason for Angier's wife's death.
Here begins the rivalry between the magicians.
Borden finds his love. He also starts setting up his own show. His show starts to get more daring and popular. During one of these shows, Angier shows up and hurts him.
Angier continues the show as Cutter retires from the stage. Olivia Wenscombe joins as his assistant. Bale, now, comes to his show and spoils it.
'The Transported Man' is the new act that Borden does and Angier is dying to get his secret. Although Cutter tells him, it is a man who looks like him, Angier refuses to believe, and sends Olivia to act as his assistant and get Borden's secrets to him. While, Angier finds another, who looks like him to help him with 'The Transported Man'.
Olivia ends up falling in love with Borden and instead starts helping Borden, instead of Angier. After knowing Angier's secret, Borden destroys his show. Olivia, still, passes on Borden's diary of his encoded secrets to Angier. But without the key, the secrets are useless. To get this secret, he kidnaps Borden's old man and he gets the cipher in exchange, which is also the solution to 'The Transported Man'.
Now Angier travels to America, while reading Borden's diary, in search of a scientist names Tesla. He provides the scientist with funds to develop the machine for 'The Transported Man'. It is here that the film begins to have a very interesting twist, which you should watch for yourself.
Borden's life is falling apart by this time - with his wife and lover.
The machine is made and Angier returns to complete a 100 shows with this machine. He does so with success. Borden tries to find the trick behind the show and reaches backstage to find Angier stuck in a water tank and dying.
Cutter walks in to find Angier dying and basing on their age-old rivalry, accuses Borden of having killed Angier. Borden is found guilty and sentenced. He leaves his daughter with his old man, but soon the daughter would be sent to the workhouse and to prevent that, he prepares to meet a rich man. He is shocked to find that the rich man is Angier in disguise. Now he is vengeful.
The movie after this point is just too good to describe in words. Do get the movie to watch the awesome ending twist. Bale's acting was commendable and Jackman, as usual was too good. Newcomer who played Borden's wife has also done a good job.
Although, I felt a little lost in the beginning of the movie, after about 20 minutes, everything started falling in place and it was a great psychological thriller with two obsessive individuals. A great movie worth many watches.