Nick Cage is on a role...

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2009)

"Knowing" starts out with an intriguing premise: a girl accurately predicts the horrible happenings of the world until...???? Questions ran through my head as I watched the movie, how? why? what? who? huh?, but I soon began to feel confused, angry, depressed, dissatisfied...the list continues on and on. "What the crap is going on" was the most frequent thought that my friends and I conjured up, and, by the end, most wanted to leave the theater...and call their mom, for comfort from enduring this movie.
Now, don't get me wrong, the movie was decently made, I suppose. The brutality of the deaths of innocent people was unnerving. Seeing hundreds killed in burning wreckage left me with a feeling of despair, which was, perhaps, the intention of the filmmakers. The downright creepiness of some of the parts had me clutching onto the sides on my chair and desperately wanting the scene to end. Yes, it was intense.
However, there was plenty wrong with the film. The graphics for the most part were sub-par, except for at the end, when they were decent.
Acting overall was just OK. Many laughable moments or...."OK...what was weird/odd/completely ridiculous" moments. Nicolas Cage as a lead character with a strong emotional role did poorly. He is, apparently, unable to act in an emotional role without evoking laughter from the audience. I guess it is up to the individual to decide how annoying he was throughout the film, but...Wicker Man, anyone??
Also, this is not a feel-good movie...at all. As mentioned before, the brutality and creepiness of it all will most likely get to you or at least cause some discomfort. I guess the question is, should someone spend ten bucks and two hours and ten minutes of their time devoted to this film? My answer: Heck no. But your curiosity, much like mine, will likely get to you, and you'll spend it anyway.