Knowing A Decent Sci-Fi Apocalyptic Thriller With Flaws

Rating: 6/10 (8 July 2009)

Knowing is a decent sci-fi apocalyptic thriller with flaws from director Alex Proyas whose admirable in making this movie giving audiences some suspense, cool special effects, and well paced intense realistic disaster sequences. A slow pace however, unanswered questions, the lack of character development, and the ending is what weighed it down the most. Nicolas Cage is okay as the main character John Koelster but this isn't his best performance. No offense. If you want to see a good Nic Cage movie I suggest you watch Con Air, Face Off, or Leaving Las Vegas. Rose Byrne does what she can with her small role but her character isn't really developed because most of the focus is on Cage. The rest of the relatively unknown are decent but none one stands out. The movie starts off good because it's weird, different, and there is some suspense but there could've been more. The mysterious men in black were effective in their very limited screen time but they could have been more developed. The disaster sequences are well executed and intense because they look at least for the most part very realistic. The same can go for the special effects which may not be spectacular but they're effective none the less. The film does leave many questions unanswered that I'm not even going to get into because it would take me forever and the ending does sort of reveal some secrets but the conclusion wasn't the greatest. I can see that there might be some message with the way it ends but if they had changed the ending and improved some of the other things that weighed the movie down I probably would have enjoyed it more than I did. Overall despite some flaws though Knowing is a so-so sci-fi apocalyptic thriller with intense disaster sequences, some suspense, a few surprises, and decent performances by the cast but it could have been better.