Nicolas Cage plays a man with the unique ability to see future events and affect their outcome in this movie based on a Philip K. Dick story.
Just another Philip K. Dick adaptation, or the Next best thing?
After Wickerman and Ghost Rider surely Nicolas Cage was due a decent film? In Next Cage plays Cris Johnson, a Las Vegas showman/magician, who has the extraordinary power - he is able to see two minutes into his own future.
"Every time you look at the future, it changes - because you looked at it." Cage tells us in one of his now, customary, voice-overs. And if you can look into the future and nothing is pre-defined then you can change it.
Naturally, living in Vegas, Johnson partakes in a little bit of blackjack in the casinos to supplement his performing income and it all keeps him in a reasonable amount of pocket-change. So long as he doesn"t draw too much attention to himself he gets on just fine and no one bothers him. But when his "talent" gets spotted by an FBI agent who realises that his foresight could be used by them - to stop a group of terrorists blowing up some US city or other, she tracks him down and tries to enlist his help - either by invitation, or force.
Cage is as compelling as always and Jessica Biel is everything she needs to be for this sort of film; beautiful and alluring, yet clever enough and tough enough to remain believable. Julianne Moore however as the tough-as-they-come and quick-thinking FBI agent doesn"t quite cut it.
Okay, so a lot of the film is a bit dodgy in terms of what the main character can and can"t do and what we might actually believe he might be able to do. But the film, directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day), moves along at a fast enough pace for us not to really think it through carefully enough for it to really matter - so we end up just going along for the ride.
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Sci-fi action thriller in which a Vegas magician is sought by the government to help prevent a looming disaster. Cris 'Frank Cadillac' Johnson (Nicolas Cage) is a Las Vegas stage magician with the unique ability to foresee the future. He keeps his talent hidden, instead performing the usual rabbit-in-a-hat material on stage. As a child he was subjected to endless tests and examinations to discover the origins of his baffling talent, which resulted in a deep aversion to authority. However, when a terrorist group threatens to let off a huge nuclear device in Los Angeles, FBI agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) ferrets the unlikely seer out, determined that Cris's anti-authority streak will not come before the lives of the people of California. She embarks upon a campaign to ensnare him using all her womanly wiles. Unfortunately, two French terrorists also show up at the casino Cris works at, wanting to know more about his powers of vision.
Sci-fi action romp in which a Vegas magician is sought by the government to help prevent a looming disaster. Cris 'Frank Cadillac' Johnson (Nicholas Cage) is a Las Vegas stage magician with the unique ability to foresee the future. This talent he keeps hidden, instead performing the usual rabbit/hat material. As a child he was subjected to endless tests and examinations as to the origins of his baffling talent/affliction so that he has developed a deep aversion to authority. However, when a terrorist group threatens to let off a huge nuclear device in Los Angeles, FBI agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) ferrets the unlikely seer out, determined that Cadillac's anti-authority streak will not come before the lives of the people of California. She embarks upon a campaign to ensnare him using all her womanly wiles. Unfortunately, two French terrorists also show up at the casino Cris works at, wanting to know more about his powers of vision.
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