Knowing (2009)

United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia

Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Summit Entertainment, Escape Artists, Mystery Clock Cinema, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, Wintergreen Productions, Goldcrest

Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Nadia Townsend, Terry Camilleri

Alex Proyas

Stiles White, Juliet Snowden, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Ryne Douglas Pearson

Taglines: What happens when the numbers run out?

cataclysm, code, time capsule, end of the world, astrophysicist, grieving widower, lexington massachusetts, westford massachusetts, prediction, researcher, numbers, news

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Reviews:

Author: Wuchak
***What if everything’s not just meaningless chance?*** A disillusioned professor in the Boston area (Nicolas Cage) acquires a document that has successfully predicted tragedies for the last fifty years, but new ones as well (!). Rose Byrne plays the daughter of the seer. “Knowing” (2009) is a quality drama/mystery with elements of disaster/sci-fi and even a little horror. It’s along the lines of wonder-inducing flicks like “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002), “Contact” (1997), “The Forgotten” (2004), “The X-Files: Fight the Future” (1998), “Signs” (2002), “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (2008) and “War of the Worlds” (2005). If you favor the style and themes of those movies you’ll probably like this one. The film runs 2 hours, 1 minute and was shot in Victoria, Australia, with establishing shots of the Boston/Cambridge area. GRADE: B