Knowing not all's well

Rating: 6/10 (9 June 2011)

Not all's well with this film. It starts of promising with some good scenes - one involving a crashing plane and the others involving Nicolas Cage's character puzzling over some numbers on a piece of paper. From here on in it all goes to pot. The initial premise is intriguing as your wondering what the numbers mean and where the filmmakers will go in order to resolve the mystery. But do they go far...no. Instead, they go down the route of dealing with the same old themes such as religion and you guessed it - aliens. Now in more capable hands this may have worked, however, the director here is not up to scratch and delivers a very mundane piece of filmaking lacking in any real suspense or terror. To top it off the special effects are quite weak and the cinematography is murky and everything's shot in the dark all the time which is extremely annoying (especially if, like me your watching it during the day). So to conclude, it's worth a watch as it is watchable and the acting's fine all round, just don't expect yourself to get many repeat viewings from this altogether dull fair.