داستان فیلم درباره دو تردست در سال‌های نخست قرن بیستم است. آلفرد بوردن (کریستین بل) و روپرت انجی‌یر (هیو جکمن) دو دوست که در جوانی کار شعبده‌بازی را با هم آغاز کرده‌اند با مرگ همسر روپرت در یکی از شعبده‌بازی‌ها به دشمنانی سخت بدل می‌شود. سال‌ها می‌گذرد آن‌ها تبدیل به شعبده‌بازانی نامی می‌شوند که در کنار تلاش برای بهتر شدن در کارشان، سعی می‌کنند از اسرار کار دیگری آگاه شوند و انتقام گذشته‌ها بگیرند. پای دانشمندانی همچون تسلا نیز به این رقابت باز می‌شود با اختراعاتی میان علم و جادو…

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.

A hermit farmer discovers his late father's secret journal containing plans to a magnetic powered machine that could change the world, while unexpectedly becoming custodian of his gifted 6 year old nephew, after his mom's untimely death.

Minyoung is a shy high school girl suffering from depression and bulimia. She is mercilessly bullied by her classmates, especially the sadistic Taeyong and his posse. One day, she is rescued by a sympathetic classmate who introduces her to transhumanism, a process where electrical shocks to the brain cause a person to "wake up to reality" through electrical baptism. Now, fully empowered, she plans revenge for the boys that have brutally bullied her. But when Taeyong turns up murdered, Minyoung must travel back in time using the Tesla coil to reveal the killer... even if the killer might be herself.

Tesla coil tested at General Electric laboratory in New Jersey

VS H. C. White holds a baton that's zapped by a Tesla Coil; he holds up an incandescent bulb that lights up; White and his assistants demonstrate various tricks with the 'lightning bolts'