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Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Imagine being able to see your future for only two minutes, being able to change things to your liking. Next is a story about a small time magician named Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage), with a stage name of Frank Cadillac, living his life in Las Vegas with this gift. He is able to see two minutes into his future and make changes as he likes. Also he was able to see a girl through out his premonitions who walks into a café. He knows the café and the exact time she will show up makeing it easier to find Liz (Jessica Biel).
Simultaneously there is a nuclear device that was stolen and FBI agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) needs Cadillac’s help to track down the people who stole it. With the gift of premonition, Cadillac tries to help out Ferris hunt down the terrorists and put an end to their scheme. In this process Liz gets taken hostage by the terrorists, strapped to a bomb which makes Cadillac more involved then before. After Cadillac had met Liz his gift of two minutes changed, making him able to see for a longer period.
Personally I think this is the second time I have seen Nicolas Cage carry a movie on his shoulders (Ghost Rider being the first even though people hate the movie). Cage has over the years, though the cinema history, made changes to his acting style that has made millions of viewers pleased with him. Biel on the hand with her tight tush graces the scene by being in just a towel, wet while coming out of the shower. Julianne Moore looks as beautiful as ever. Her character and acting style is being repeated in most of the movies recently (Forgotten, Children of Men) each showing an aggressive agent or a mother at work. Rest of the cast were picked to fill out just the remaining character so that there is a story to continue.
This movie is based on a short story written by Philip K. Dick, the science fiction writer that has many stories to his credit. Some of his novels that have been visualized into motion picture are Minority Report, Blade Runner and Pay Check just to name a few. His stories were unique, which made movie producers run after acquiring the rights to the movie. I wonder what that guy must have been thinking when he write all these stories?




PS: A second part to the movie is being planned to end the story.