Nicholas Cage stars as Cris Johnson, a person who can see two minutes into his future and uses it for petty crimes and gambling. His only future vision is of a woman that he eventually meets -- Liz Cooper (Jessica Biel). Parallel to this is a nuclear warhead heist and agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) is among the FBI agents looking for it. Somehow she comes to the realization of Cris having this gift and thinks that he can help her find the bomb.
The beginning of the movie has a scene where Cris is evading the FBI by using his gift to know where they are looking, or rather not looking, so as to move at the correct instant. It was a nice hook into the movie and kept me interested. There's also a great chase scene down a hill that grabs the view, and other nice sequence near the end where Cris again uses his gift. Those were definitely pluses.
The romance building scene between Cris and Liz was awkward and unrealistic. Yeah, I know that's not the point, and it's just there to give a Hollywood semi-plausible scenario on how the two fall in love, but still, awkward. As for the twist ending, yeah, a disappointing cop-out, but some may enjoy it for what it is and disagree with that opinion.
Bottom line, I enjoyed the movie. I was hooked at the beginning, got a bit bored as they developed the relationship, but enjoyed the last parts where things started to pick up. It was a pleasant surprise. If you don't think about it too hard you'll likely enjoy the ride. And I just have to add -- Jessica Biel, wow.
The beginning of the movie has a scene where Cris is evading the FBI by using his gift to know where they are looking, or rather not looking, so as to move at the correct instant. It was a nice hook into the movie and kept me interested. There's also a great chase scene down a hill that grabs the view, and other nice sequence near the end where Cris again uses his gift. Those were definitely pluses.
The romance building scene between Cris and Liz was awkward and unrealistic. Yeah, I know that's not the point, and it's just there to give a Hollywood semi-plausible scenario on how the two fall in love, but still, awkward. As for the twist ending, yeah, a disappointing cop-out, but some may enjoy it for what it is and disagree with that opinion.
Bottom line, I enjoyed the movie. I was hooked at the beginning, got a bit bored as they developed the relationship, but enjoyed the last parts where things started to pick up. It was a pleasant surprise. If you don't think about it too hard you'll likely enjoy the ride. And I just have to add -- Jessica Biel, wow.
