Another PLUS for Sci Fi Movies

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2009)

An envelope from 50-yrs ago in a Time Capsule is opened by John's (Cage) son Caleb (Canterbury) and there is a page inside that list hundreds of numbers. What do they mean? Do the numbers mean something or nothing at all? What exactly is the End Game? Inquiring minds want to know.
Do you believe everything is preordained or is everything just random coincidence? This movie attempts to explain this in a Sci Fi kind of way. Oh, yes, Aliens from "out there" are involved. Wouldn't be a good Sci Fi flick if they were not included.
From a list of seemingly random numbers on a page how does John figure out what the numbers mean? If he never figures them out we will see him staring at the page of numbers for an entire movie. What date stands out to us more than any other? 9/11/01. All John had to do was look for that thread and he knows. And, didn't I mention he is a Astro Physics professor from M.I.T.? Oh, sorry. All geniuses look for what they know and when they find it, they see if other things fit. Simple. Well, simple for them.
The entire production is first class, and the acting is flawless. The stunts and CGI are nothing short of terrific. This was engaging, suspenseful and quite exciting. Those subway crash scenes had me ducking too.
The only downside that I could see was there was not the communication between John and Caleb that there should have been especially since Caleb had been contacted by the aliens. That lack of communication didn't seem right since John knew Caleb was contacted. See?
So what did you decide: Everything predetermined or just chance? Go see the movie and then decide. Or not. What is going to happen will happen with or without you, what you decide on or what you don't decide on. What will be will be. Is there a song in there somewhere?
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No