Knowing, written and directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) follows a young boy named Caleb who receives Lucinda's envelope from fifty years ago. Lucinda, a young school girl at the time dies of a supposed drug overdose and time ellipses to the present day. Caleb’s father John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics, takes notice in the paper, and further examination makes him realize that part of these digits form dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the past fifty years, in chronological order, and suggests three disasters yet to come.
Knowing is a clever, deep and iconographically beautiful. The plot isn’t the prominent aspect of the film, but the way the plot is unveiled and structured. Scenes complement each other and lead to a satisfying and unpredictable conclusion. In this way, the film is a hybrid between an initial thriller that transforms into a rather astonishing sci-fi epic. The end of the film when we discover that the world will soon end in which Caleb is rescued by aliens is both sentimental and true to the genre transformation that the film explores.
Knowing doesn’t only have astonishing special effects, but they integrate so well with the films style and premise that the plot flows to us through the image which creates the experience. In the two initial accidents in the plane and train respectively, the effects are not overwhelming because they underpin the films style and message so well. Many will discredit Knowing, not providing the film with the attention it deserves. Unlike The Day After Tomorrow (2004) in which the effects drown the plot and overall story, Knowing uses its effects to build upon and expand the narrative which transpires it into a contemporary sci-fi epic.
Knowing has good performances from John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) and Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne) but they are not astonishing. This somehow doesn’t matter because the script is so compelling and imaginative that it forces the characters to flow with it, discarding the overall shallow performances that are represented.
The film starts of with an exploration to the films history, it then drives us into a sense of integrity during the middle of the film and then returns us into a future state, in contrast to the sense of history at the beginning. The film seems like it covers the earths history, not just the previous fifty years. Overall Knowing is a compelling and highly imaginative sci-fi epic. A must for fans of the genre and most certainly beyond.
Knowing is a clever, deep and iconographically beautiful. The plot isn’t the prominent aspect of the film, but the way the plot is unveiled and structured. Scenes complement each other and lead to a satisfying and unpredictable conclusion. In this way, the film is a hybrid between an initial thriller that transforms into a rather astonishing sci-fi epic. The end of the film when we discover that the world will soon end in which Caleb is rescued by aliens is both sentimental and true to the genre transformation that the film explores.
Knowing doesn’t only have astonishing special effects, but they integrate so well with the films style and premise that the plot flows to us through the image which creates the experience. In the two initial accidents in the plane and train respectively, the effects are not overwhelming because they underpin the films style and message so well. Many will discredit Knowing, not providing the film with the attention it deserves. Unlike The Day After Tomorrow (2004) in which the effects drown the plot and overall story, Knowing uses its effects to build upon and expand the narrative which transpires it into a contemporary sci-fi epic.
Knowing has good performances from John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) and Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne) but they are not astonishing. This somehow doesn’t matter because the script is so compelling and imaginative that it forces the characters to flow with it, discarding the overall shallow performances that are represented.
The film starts of with an exploration to the films history, it then drives us into a sense of integrity during the middle of the film and then returns us into a future state, in contrast to the sense of history at the beginning. The film seems like it covers the earths history, not just the previous fifty years. Overall Knowing is a compelling and highly imaginative sci-fi epic. A must for fans of the genre and most certainly beyond.
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