You and me together in thinking this film stinks.

Rating: 5/10 (31 March 2009)

Woe is me. Nick Cage has once again taken on a role to portray the fact he's just in it for the money. I wistfully remember the times I would see his name attached to a project and get excited. Now when I see his name on a new film I get that feeling like when granpa's about to do that thing that keeps getting him arrested.
The film wasn't so bad. It ticked all the boxes for a Holloywood blockbuster: big name, religion, Mr. Scientists, end of the world, aliens, prophets, bunny rabbits. Hold on. Bunnies? Yup. Nick Cage's seat on the ship to the new world was usurped by a little, fluffy bunny-wunny.
The characters were slightly interesting but the story was more prominent and couldn't hold water in the end. Cage's bereft, whiskey drinking, single father performance should have been predicted by those precious numbers he seemed so bemused by. And the love interest's early demise was a relief. "Somebody think of the children!" When she bought it I could almost hear the script writers giving themselves high fives for having included a pretty woman and gotten rid of her without disturbing the stupidity of their ultimate goal.
Now when I see Nick Cage's name I know what I'm getting into. Crash, bang wollop! Still, Knowing is what it is and I did enjoy it until it ended. Then I thought: Armageddon? I'm-a-geddin-out-here.