Needs a different ending

Rating: Null/10 (15 September 2010)

"Knowing" is a great idea for a premise: A kid in 2009 receives a paper with numbers drawn by a kid in 1959 from that school's time capsule. At first his dad thinks it shouldn't of been taken home, but then something intrigues him: to use all these numbers to predict the future. The scene where John tries to stop a plane from crashing is particularly interesting, even if only visually. The movie is very interesting and well-made, up until the very end, that is. Calling the so-called ending preposterous is putting it to mildly. Why? Because these last scenes belong in an entirely different movie. It may be science fiction, but it doesn't fit the rest of the movie. It should of given us something to put everything to a close, or to make it pay off. Even a scene where the predictions were all just a dream would have been acceptable. I recommend the movie, expect for its conclusion.
**1/2 out of ****