Sunday 26 February 2012

Knowing

There has to be something about Nicholas Cage that makes him one of the most preferred actors of all time right? How else do you think he keeps getting roles? I would seriously like to meet Mr. Cage to understand it from him someday. And no matter what the role or story there is, there has to be enough and more opportunity for him to get his most dull and expressionless face to the fore. I would have loved to use the word constipated but I think I have used it too often and run the risk of you guys calling my writing trite and lemme guess – Nicholas Cage :):):)

Knowing is yet another movie which Nicholas Cage is making a habit out of in terms of a story line. It is similar to Next which I reviewed sometime back if I am not mistaken. The difference here being that the protagonist doesn’t know. But a girl 50 years before hears voices and writes down numbers on a sheet of paper. One thing is for certain though – she is not extremely pleased to write them and wants the voices to stop.

The numbers are considered as her class assignment and buried along with several other assignments by the school administration. Today, it is opened and the sheet with the numbers finds its way to Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) who is the son of MIT professor and physicist John Koestler (Nicholas Cage). John figures out that the numbers mean something and that something is not too pleasant. The chase so begins.

Yet another movie that should be restricted to Television viewing. The special effects are not too great per se. And if the intent was to generate some fear in the minds of the viewer then that fell woefully short. Not much of acting on display as such. All of it was just average at best. There was no character per se that needed to be emphasized on since the concept was a bit over bearing. The most important character would actually be the girl Lucinda (Lara Robinson) who hears the voices first up.

The story is strong and different and had loads of potential. But the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Alex Proyas is not the most inspirational director. He is best known for 2 dud movies at the box office – I,Robot & The Crow. Knowing was probably a tad better than his previous attempts but only a tad. It probably shows that he has an extremely slow learning curve and not much of a future in Hollywood unless he starts showing some progress really quickly. Honestly, the overall package is not horrible. Watch it but don’t expect too much is the only message. 5 on 10 is what I would give it.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3391554329/

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