The Effect
From MagicTricks.co.uk:
Who says KILLER effects can’t be easy? 2WO FACED is crammed to bursting point with material that is both! With this collection of eleven ‘kick ass’ gaff card routines you’ll be shocking people in no time!
No matter what your skill level, you will find some real world ‘head melters’ on this DVD! From the eye boggling transposition of ‘QUANTUM LEAP’ to the triple climax of ‘SUPERFLY’ to the jawdrop conclusion of ‘PREDICAMENT’, every effect is a WORKER!
And, to cap it all off you receive ALL THE GAFFS NECESSARY TO PERFORM EVERY ROUTINE ON THE DVD FREE INSIDE. That’s TWENTY free gaff cards, all on Bicycle Playing Card stock!
CONTENTS:
JACKASS - A sucker-punch transpo between one of the Jacks and a selection! CON-FUSED - Mind boggling transpositions culminate in two signed selections fusing together!
THE WAGER - Gambler vs. Magician, but this time the gambler wins!
WEE WEE MENTALIST - A stick man reads the spectators mind...then proves he’s a magician too!
PREDICAMENT - Visually change a signed selection to match a failed prediction! 50/50 - The spectator can never seem to win in this game of psychological trickery!
BLURRED - An easy, practical, visual and magical colour changing deck!
SUPERFLY - Forget Copperfield and Blaine, the only magician you’ll ever need is Superfly!
ELMSLEY SMELMSLEY - Selected cards appear as ‘marks’ on the backs of the Aces!
QUANTUM LEAP - Visually ‘transport’ a selected card from one hand to the other! THEY WILL CRY!
WHERE'S MY CARD? - A selected card vanishes from the deck then it re-appears...well, ANYWHERE!
BONUS: ZE FLASH - Information appears on a blank card in a burst of flame!
This really is the easy way to get ahead in card magic! Let the gaffed cards do the work, while you take all the credit!
Cost
£23.99 from MagicTricks.co.uk (
Here
BUT
I found out today that you can get it £1 cheaper from
http://www.bigblindmedia.com/ (they publish the DVD) if you have paypal.
Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
The DVD is really helpful with this as when you view the explanations it gives you a 1-5 rating for each. The effects though are generally not too hard and so a TM rating of 3 describes it best as theer are some sleights.
Review
This is a great DVD. There wasn't a single trick on the DVD that I wouldn't want to perform. The gaff cards were also great quality (I was slightly worried about this as sometimes I have found this isn't the case with some gaffs).
The tricks were explained really well by David and Owen Packard once again did a great job of pointing out things and asking questions that people watching may want to ask (I don't think I was left confused about any of the explanations.) Their conversations were also really funny at points.
One slight problem is that, as far as I could tell, the Bonus trick, Ze Flash, isn't accessable through the DVD's menu. I may have missed it but I did check all the menus a couple of times. Don't dispair though as
Ze Flash can be found at chapter 26!
Overall
When you watch this you can see that a lot of effort went into making the DVD and I can't wait for the next DVD from David (which I believe is a Card Through Window effect).
If it turns out that there is a way to access Ze Flash from the menu then I'll give it a 10/10.
Otherwise it's a 9.5/10 as this sort of thing should really be checked before letting it go on sale.[/url]