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Plot |
Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) is a small time magician that can see two minutes into his future. He is after a girl that he can sense much farther into his future with while a FBI agent, Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore), is looking for him to stop a nation disaster. Cris is determined not to listen to agent Ferris’s pleas because he is certain he won’t be able to help and keeps looking for the girl that is in his visions instead. He comes to her aid in a diner and learns that her name is Liz Cooper (Jessica Biel). Cris gets Liz to agree to drive him to her next destination. Meanwhile the people the FBI are trying to stop have taken an interest in Cris and Liz because they are worried that Cris will be able to predict what they are doing and then the FBI could easily stop them. |
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Character Development |
Cris and Liz development slightly, but only barely so. Most characters are like wooden boxes that won't form into any other shape. There is hardly any growth. |
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Acting |
The acting is believable, yet not much more. There weren’t any moments where one would think this would a wonderfully acted, which is not a fault of the actor themselves and had more to do with what type of film this was and what was written on the script. |
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Overview |
This was a nicely told film with some great action and special effects. I really enjoyed when the film would showcase Cris’s ability of seeing the future and illustrating what he was thinks onto the film. And the idea of the story was a classic, very engaging and it held my interests the whole time. Right up to the ending that I didn’t see coming and for once made perfect sense. |
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