LuckyWillKNOWING: Its Not WHAT You Know...
August 20th 2009 13:25
It's who you know.
Knowing is a mildly suspenseful film much like Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, The Core and other such films predicting Earth’s destruction through some impending disaster; however, while the action, at times, is as good as the aforementioned films, the tempo is never quite as swift.
Some have criticised Nicholas Cage’s acting here; labelling him as monotonous and depressing but if you place yourself in the shoes of his character; a manic depressive, self loathing, alcoholic, recently widowed single parent with the ability to predict but not prevent every major disaster ever to hit the planet including its impending apocalyptic demise while fending off mysterious stalkers hell bent on kidnapping your only child…(pause for a breath)…can you think of any other mood you might be in? Under the circumstances he does a great job. The haunting whisper people, the kidnappers to which I refer, add some fantastic suspense as they ghost their way through the scenes. Their calm, quiet demeanour makes them all the more threatening and you can’t help but feel they are just about to explode into action at any moment. Even the musical score does its bit to contribute; I fell for the oldest trick in the book, jumping merely at the sudden screech of a violin despite no action taking place on screen.
The story is interesting with just enough happening to keep the plot ticking over but little else and while it was enough to entertain me, I have heard others tell me they were bored. The safest place to keep your drink would be on the edge of your seat because this film certainly isn’t capable of getting you there.
The ending is, for lack of a better word, depressing. Of course it is visually quite impressive however the experience is bitter sweet. Cage finally learns to understand and appreciate his life and his family but unfortunately it’s all too late as they are cruelly snatched away from him. Where most films will leave you with something to smile about; this one doesn’t and your heart will sink down to a place somewhere amongst the kicked over popcorn boxes on the floor. So watch your step on the way out.
Endings are so important for me and this one just let me down.
2 smouldering planets/ 5
The story is interesting with just enough happening to keep the plot ticking over but little else and while it was enough to entertain me, I have heard others tell me they were bored. The safest place to keep your drink would be on the edge of your seat because this film certainly isn’t capable of getting you there.
The ending is, for lack of a better word, depressing. Of course it is visually quite impressive however the experience is bitter sweet. Cage finally learns to understand and appreciate his life and his family but unfortunately it’s all too late as they are cruelly snatched away from him. Where most films will leave you with something to smile about; this one doesn’t and your heart will sink down to a place somewhere amongst the kicked over popcorn boxes on the floor. So watch your step on the way out.
Endings are so important for me and this one just let me down.
2 smouldering planets/ 5
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