‘…. Another Nicolas Cage movie…!’
Recently Nicolas Cage has started in off-beat action flicks like Bangkok Dangerous, Next and Ghost Rider but tries real hard to revive himself with Knowing. Nic shows minimal and mediocre performance. He plays a single father, trying to find “HIS destiny” in life while juggling the randomness that come along with it. Co-starring is Rose Byrne, who contributes very little in the series of events and can be annoying at times.
The overall concept and visual look of the film is good with embedded message that everything has a path in life and the fate has decided can’t be changed!
Read more about Knowing after the jump!
The story is about a man, John Koestler (Nicolas Cage), who is a widower and an astrophysicist at MIT. He lost his wife in fire accident from which he and his son Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) have been recovering since. John can’t let go of the memories of his wife, while trying hard to take care of his son.
A time capsule, buried 50 years ago, is opened in Caleb’s elementary school. The capsule contains pictures drawn by students from that era, describing what the future might look like. Between them is a numbers-covered sheet of paper. This happens to fall in the hands of Caleb. At that moment, Caleb starts to hear people whispering in his head.
At home, John discovers a pattern among the seemingly random numbers found in the picture. The pattern shows the dates for every major world disaster in the last 50 years. . He takes it upon himself to prevent the last three disasters from ever occurring. He searches for the little girl who drew the picture, only to find her great grand daughter (Rose Byrne), who offers the least possible help. Soon we meet the whispering people, which despite these appearances and actions, are there to help Caleb.
The movie has its ups and downs. The starting is the up while the ending is the down. The “I know the future” theme has been used for quite a few films but the writer has used the concept nicely. And Alex Proyas really brings out the horror and blood works in each disaster. Though the ending could have used a whole new make-over but the twist in the end is really second-rate, which belittles the whole experience. It’s not much of a theater flick but can be a good watch.
