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Tank 432 (Belly of the Bulldog) (2016)

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Ruin Me (2017)

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Alexandra reluctantly tags along for Slasher Sleepout, an extreme event that is part camping trip,...

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Harness the Power of the Invincible Mind: Spatial Strategy to Success and Happiness

Alex Neumann

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"Harness the Power of the Invincible Mind is one of those rare books with the power to radically...

JT (287 KP) rated Knowing (2009) in Movies

Mar 10, 2020

Knowing (2009)

2009 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

6.9

(13 Ratings)

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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 a quietly spoken drawl.

Knowing is a film 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 beings 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 there were some spectacular disaster sequences that ramped up the tension. 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 film’s ending has a very ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ feel about it. 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.