Knowing

This film is by no means perfect. Nicolas Cage's acting is quite inconsistent in terms of the standard of his acting. Sometimes it is really good, sometimes it is really bad, but most of the time it hangs around in the middle and is pretty average. The Visual Effects were also very dodgy. Whilst they did the job, you could tell they were visual effects.

Although saying all that, I actually quite liked the film. There were moments when I thought, "I should probably be bored now," but some how I wasn't. Perhaps it was because the story was excellent and the way it was told was as well.

If you're expecting pure sci-fi though be warned. I found that whilst this film appears to be being advertised as a sci-fi film, I thought it was more of a horror with some sci-fi elements. This horror really comes across with the music. I still have mixed feelings about the music. I couldn't quite work out if the music worked or not. Part of me was saying yes it does, and part of me was saying no it doesn't. But I'm not sure if I just felt this because as a fan of film music I didn't really find it that enjoyable to listen to. Then again, this could have just been adding to the horror.

I could definitely feel the i, Robot and Dark City in the film, which were also directed by Alex Proyas, and which are both better than Knowing. But Knowing isn't exactly a bad film and if you don't mind a bit of horror/sci-fi then I'd say it's worth watching.