Robert Angier a Alfred Borden spolu súťažili už od doby, kedy ako mladí čarodejníci začínali. Ich priateľská rivalita však skončila, keď Alfred prišiel s trikom, ktorý zanechal všetkých divákov vrátane Roberta v úžase. Ako dokázal niečo tak úžasného? Táto otázka Robertovi stále vŕta hlavou. Oveľa dôležitejšie však je, ako taký dokonalý trik napodobniť. Za každú cenu musí zistiť aké tajomstvo Alfred skrýva. Ide tu predsa o jeho prestíž.

Príbeh Nikola Teslu, ktorý sa pokúša prekonať zavedenú technológiu - vrátane svojej vlastnej práce - aby bol priekopníkom systému bezdrôtovej energie, ktorý by zmenil svet.

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'