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Film Review Next Saturday, April 28, 2007 - There's no other way to describe Nicolas Cage except as a phenomenal actor. Lately, the movies he's been tied to have mostly been in the action genre, and Con Air always stands as a cut above the rest as far as having an interesting story going on around him. Next, his latest release, doesn't appear to be as lucky. I started out thinking it would have a great storyline, as I love stories about fate and thought an ability to see into the future would be interesting to explore. Cage stars as Chris Johnson, a guy who since he was born, has possessed the ability to see two minutes into the future on events that will directly affect him. He works as a small time magician in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an act built loosely around this ability. Johnson's stage name is Frank Cadillac, a name he came up with by combining two things that he really likes, Frankenstein movies and Cadillacs. Johnson waits in a diner drinking a martini at the same time every day waiting for this mystery woman, Liz (Jessica Biel) that he keeps seeing in his future. He can only see a more distant future than two minutes when it involves her. There's one other person in his life, Irv, played by Peter Falk. We never find out his connection to Johnson, but when Johnson escapes the law, he drives into a garage loaded with cars and a pool table and Irv. Sadly, this is all we get to see of Falk. He could have been much better utilized.
The law that Johnson is escaping is the F.B.I. led by agent Callie Ferris, played by Julianne Moore. She plays this part out so much like a man, with no femininity at all, that it makes me wonder if it was written for a man originally. She and her fellow agents are pursuing Johnson because they want to bring down some terrorists that plan on letting off a nuclear device. Since he can see into the future, they want him to help them find the terrorists and the device. Once fate walks into Johnson's life and he finally meets Liz, he gets her to drive her out of state and to an Indian Reservation where she teaches. He endears himself to Liz and her students performing some magic tricks. While on the road together, they begin to fall in love and fate comes into play since he had always seen her in his future. It's all just so unbelievable. Not that I don't believe in fate, as I do wholeheartedly, and not that I don't believe people could have the gift to see into the future, as I do think it's entirely possible. Yet, this storyline surrounding him, that the F.B.I. is out to kidnap him and force him and his two minutes into the future to help them find terrorists is implausible. Someone with his acting abilities certainly deserves a better storyline to sink his teeth into, and the same can probably be said of Moore, with Biel remaining untested somewhat. Next seems to do them, and Falk, a terrible disservice. Yuddy Score: A Dud -Laura Tucker
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