Pseudo-religious twaddle

Rating: 3/10 (5 April 2009)

Those going in to see, "Knowing," on the premise that it seems like an intriguing idea for a thriller, as I did, should ready themselves for a disappointment.
What the trailers that grabbed my attention with their set-up of a code from the past that predicts every single tragedy of the future falling into the hands of Cage's son neglected to mention was a HUGELY important plot line that merely serves to undermine the rest of the movie to an immense degree.
One would assume that the filmmakers did this in attempt to not give away the ending and what they obviously see as their, "twist." However, as a viewer, and after an initially good start, all it did once it reared its ugly head was to make me immediately realise what was actually going on and to think, as my heart sank, "Oh no, we're not going with that old chestnut, are we?!" Ultimately leaving me feeling cheated out of the type movie I was expecting and leaving me with a wet fish of a film filled with overtly religious twaddle that the filmmakers seemed determined to beat me over the head with.
It's a pity as there are some terrific sequences in the movie, including the one continuous shot of the plane crash that is a superb piece of film-making. Plus, as I said, the initial premise it a very good one that would seem to make a cracking movie. Unfortunately, "Knowing," isn't it.