Knowing – 2009
Nicholas Cage is one of those hit and miss actors, one minute he’s acting out of his skin and the other he’s bumbling his way through another disappointment, with his quietly spoken drawl.
Knowing is a tale of two halves, the first half is a well thought out disaster thriller, the second is quite simply a shambles and totally ruined it. Why you ask? SPOILER ALERT: Aliens, the ending was all linked back to men from another planet. Why they felt the need to go down this route is beyond me, but I lost any respect for director Alex Proyas.
It’s a real shame as well, there were some spectacular disaster sequences which really ramped up the tension in the film, Cage was accomplished in his role and was edgy enough to win the audience over. However, that all fell away in the later stages as his acting became desperate, as he tried to clutch at emotional straws.
The films ending has a very ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ feel about it, poor! I felt like snapping the DVD in half and mailing in personally to screen writers Ryne Douglas Pearson and Juliet Snowden. I would only recommend this for the special effects, and not at all for the weak script or storyline.
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Rating:
(1.5/5)
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DVD Extras: Audio Commentary with Director Alex Proyas, “Knowing All”: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller, “Visions of the Apocalyspe” Featurette
Blu-ray Extras: same as for the DVD, audio commentary and includes both of the above featurettes.
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