In 19th century London, the magician Alfred Borden was tried for the murder of his fellow magician Robert Angel. Boden's prosecution is largely possible because John Carter's witnesses reported seeing Boden in the background in the area where Angel was killed. At the end of one of his performances, Angel fell through the trapdoor on the stage floor into a transparent water tank below, which was a prop for one of the stunts that Angel performed earlier in the performance. Angel eventually drowned and died because he fell into the water tank and the water tank was blocked. Borden, Angier and Cutter share a troubled history, which also provides motivation. At the beginning of their magical career, both Borden and Angel worked under "Magic Milton", while Angel's wife, Julia, was his stage assistant, and Carter was his engineer, performing magic and providing the necessary equipment. He still works for others. From a specific event in their relationship that caused Borden and Angel to be out of the game, they created their own program and there was discord between them, this not only in the professional field, but also in the personal one. They all want to destroy the other. Although Borden is arguably more accomplished in the technical aspects of illusion, Angel is a more accomplished performer. Professionally, they try to outdo each other, especially in illusions that are considered most dangerous and / or mysterious, which are bullet-catching tricks, not to mention teleporter tricks. During their fight, they did not seem to oppose any means, not even incidental harm to others. The question is whether these methods extend to murder, especially the murder of others.