Knowing (2009)

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	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I Robot)
	Actors: Nicolas Cage (Face/Off, The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne (X-Men: First Class)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 16.03.2017, VOD, 32" TV screen
Synopsis: A Science professor (Cage) witnesses the excavation of a time capsule buried for 50 years. It contains a list of numbers which meaning start to frighten him.
Review: In 2009 Nicolas Cage was already not anymore selling movies as well as he used to, but I like him in this unexpected SF story well directed by Alex Proyas who I remember especially for his Dark City. Past many scientific details that make little sense, I was just appreciating the investigation of this semi-alcoholic professor haunted by the loss of his wife. I found that this personal note helps identifying with the character, in a much better way than is done in 2012 which has a story of a similar scale. The movie is good-looking and in particular I found the three big disaster scenes to be very well done in terms of timing, editing, drama and special effects. Not nearly as original or intellectual as Arrival, but a nice recent SF movie.
Rating: 6 /10