Knowing

Now here is a strange film that will leave you with plenty to talk about afterwards but has no real substance.

Knowing is about a time capsule that is opened after sitting for 50 years. Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) receives a drawing from a student that is supposed to represent what they believe the future to look like. Instead, Caleb gets a piece of paper filled with numbers. His father, John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) is a professor at MIT and deciphers the numbers as dates and the amount of people killed in a tragic accident on that date. The sheet is filled with these dates from the last 50 years. With some dates yet to happen John attempts to prevent them because he feels that his family is some how involved in everything.

This review is terribly hard for me to write because if I talk too much about the film I will ruin the ending and frankly, I could write about this film all day. There is so much symbolism in the film that I could analyze is for days. I guess all you need to know is that the acting was good, the CGI wasn’t the best, the movie is kind of long and the ending may leave you with a lot to say and discuss but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

I’m not going to recommend this movie at all. Knowing is a bit of a thriller with no decent pay off at the end. I could see the outcome of the film coming with about 40 minutes left and trust me, those 40 minutes weren’t the most exciting of my life. If you enjoy mysteries but don’t mind odd endings then perhaps you’ll enjoy Knowing but I would suggest catching another flick.

Until next time, keep an eye on those black rocks and watch out for those Critical Hits!