I love magic shows but I just didn't care for this show. Criss Angel is very talented and does some amazing magic. I loved his homage to Lance Burton. The prediction in a locked box is an excellent gag that Criss botched a little in the reveal but was nonetheless excellent. The videos, the pyrotechnics, the laser show, the sexy girl dancers, the cirque performers are all great but obscure his incredible magic rather than enhance it. The vaudeville act of Maestro and FiFi was cute but a little raw. Much of his act is informed by Alice Cooper, Kiss, and various German and Austrian death metal bands. It's a bit dated. Criss is such an incredible magician. He doesn't need the effects, nor does he need to tell me to clap and yell. I guess I just like plain old vanilla magic.