If it's one thing I know, it's that I hate this movie

Rating: 3/10 (2 September 2009)

Knowing is an interesting movie to discuss. It's the kind of movie where it's very good...until the end. I'll save the end for later in this review, but let me just say that the ending SUCKS. The beginning and middle are a taut, yet flawed piece of cinema, however the end is so unbelievably far fetched and stupid that it ruins the rest of the movie.
The movie is another end of the world movie, but this time, it's not by Ronald Emmerich. Nicolas Cage plays a drunk whose son one day brings home a sheet with numbers written on it from a time capsule. After carefully analyzing the numbers, he finds out that they predict dates that people will die and how many people will die on that day. Things don't exactly run swimmingly for him when he realizes the list runs out which means the inevitable: the end of the world! Intriguing, no? Well, not quite.
Though the beginning and middle are actually quite good and interesting, the movie is very clichéd. Just about every sci-fi/horror cliché you could think of is in this. Things like the dark man lurking in the woods, the jump scene, and the ominous music are all seen here. On top of this, the acting is just awful. Nicolas Cage's acting teacher from college must be crying over how bad his performance is. Rose Byrne gives her usual, extremely boring performance. There is one thing I will praise: the special effects. I don't know how much went into special effects for this movie, but they are fantastic. I've never seen such good special effects in a movie before. It should win the Oscar for Special Effects.
Now for the ending. No, I didn't find the ending offensive although many Christians might. It's not The Da Vinci Code, but there are some pretty heavy anti-Christianity themes in it. The ending is completely far fetched. The ending includes Christianity, aliens, solar flares, and pebbles. You try picking up the pieces. You'll never guess how stupid the ending in when you finally see it. I won't say much more than that if anyone does decide to see it, however, I would recommend you rent another DVD. This one's not worth it.