A tale of to halves

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2014)

The first half of 'Knowing' is a relatively intriguing and effective little conspiracy thriller, complete with a rare understated performance from the typically hammy Nicolas Cage. I was completely invested in it and couldn't wait to see what happened next. But then it seemed to paint itself into a corner, and instead of coming up with something clever, it down-spiraled into an increasingly absurd collision of other genres and better movies until it didn't resemble the movie it seemed to be at the start.
I really don't know what this movie's message is, but whatever it was trying to say, it got buried under the rubble of its total collapse.