One man's alien is another man's angel

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2012)

John (Cage) and his son Caleb are given a prophetic warning in a series of numbers written by a little girl in 1959. I'm still very much confused after watching the movie. I honestly didn't see the point of John even getting that number list in the first place, since he couldn't stop any of it! At best, he was just there so we, the audience, could see all the awesome special effects. There were three disasters within John's time frame to prevent, a plane crash, a subway crash, and a solar flare that would genocide all life on Earth. Each time, he was there as only a witness. To be fair, there really wasn't anything he could do, really. One man can't stop a plane crash, subway crash, or the end of the world with just a date, location, and body count. On to the weird ending, the aliens(angels) could have shown up anywhere and persuaded the kids to come with them. Overall, great special effects, great acting, but I'm still wondering, What was the point?