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Knowing Reviews

2009

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Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure - Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future and sets out to prevent them from coming true. Rose Byrne (Damages, Troy), Chandler Canterbury (.. Read more

Starring	Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn
Director	Alex Proyas
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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  - 8
  Get in the know..
  
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  Before seeing this i thought it'd be in the same vain as 'day after tomorrow', 'independance day''armageddon'...er...'meteor'... read more »
  
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  - Oxford
  - 23 Mar 2009 at 11:37
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  Oh dear
  
  A film about the end of the world that is so deeply entwined with cliche it could almost end cinematic as a credible art form on it own.
  
  Acting: I ... read more »
  
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  - JEAD
  - 22 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 22:50
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  Great film, better and different from expected
  
  I found this film different from what I expected, in a good way. I seen a few films where people see the future and can predict bad things (take final ... read more »
  
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- - thewolfydragon
  - 11 reviews
  - 03 Feb 2012 at 12:56
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  Knowing would have preferred Explaining
  
  I am being hard on it because I didn't like the whole knowing the future which I thought was under explained at the end of the film. The rest of the film I ... read more »
  
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- - Raskwold
  - 8 reviews
  - 30 Jan 2012 at 10:56
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  'Knowing' and it's odd 'Adam and Eve' reference...
  
  'Knowing' was a little more sci-fi than I had previously imagined when renting the film. The characters in it were convincing, aside from Nicholas cages... read more »
  
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- - Tashawest
  - 5 reviews
  - 15 Jan 2012 at 23:16
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  Moderately entertaining
  
  I wouldn't say this is a brilliant film but it's OK and worth a watch if you have nothing better to do. It has a little bit of suspense and a rather ... read more »
  
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- - Kandelh
  - 4 reviews
  - 12 Jan 2012 at 12:14
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  I will possibly watch again :)
  
  really enjoyed this movie, ok so its ur average end of the world doom n gloom movie but it has pretty good effects in parts and enough to keep you interested in... read more »
  
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- - tugger
  - 27 reviews
  - Stockport
  - 09 Jan 2012 at 20:17
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  One to watch
  
  Very good film which is really well made, Cage's performance is at his best type of role and he is the best actor to play the part. It is enthralling and is... read more »
  
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  - 07 Jan 2012 at 20:09
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  REALLY ENJOYED IT
  
  I WANTED TO SEE THIS WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT BUT FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT - REALLY GOOD FILM - SOME SCAREY BITS - BUT ANOTHER GOOD NICOLAS CAGE FILM
  
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  - 19 Dec 2011 at 09:34
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  Had so much potential.
  
  The first hour of this film is excellent; creepy in all the right ways with brilliantly believeable disaster scenes... but the ending really lets it down, and ... read more »
  
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- - Evangeline
  - 16 reviews
  - Southport
  - 14 Dec 2011 at 17:44
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  good movie
  
  Really good, I enjoyed every minute of it. Unfortunately the movie does not answer all the questions I had from the movie but they very rarely do.
  
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  - 14 Dec 2011 at 14:52
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  Before seeing this i thought it'd be in the same vain as 'day after tomorrow', 'independance day''armageddon'...er...'meteor'... read more »
  
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  - poochini
  - 10 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 23 Mar 2009 at 11:37
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  You're Better Off "NOT KNOWING"!
  
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  The premise of the film or at least from the trailer seems to be an interesting sci-fi / paranormal thriller and to be honest for the first 2/3 of the film you ... read more »
  
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- - Waino
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  - Swindon
  - 01 Apr 2009 at 13:02
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  - 5
  Horse S**t
  
  dont bother wish i hadn't!! average action, poor weak story line which doesnt flow! ending is riddiculous!!
  
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- - alexamoran
  - 2 reviews
  - Bishop Auckland
  - 01 Apr 2009 at 12:46
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  Noah's Ark!
  
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  First of all, let me say the special effects are over the top, but very good. In a nutshell this is a movie about the inevitable (in the film it is anyway) ... read more »
  
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  - SW London
  - 28 Mar 2009 at 21:23
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  Intense, scary, and arguably theoretically possible.
  
  I went into this movie expecting a moderately entertaining Nic Cage thriller like Next.
  
  Turns out I wasn't too far off, but this has more, much ... read more »
  
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- - rhyshimself
  - 3 reviews
  - Swindon
  - 25 Mar 2009 at 23:53
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  I thought it was going to be amazing
  
  It started off promising, was good in the middle and the end just let it down.
  
  I was desperate to go and see the film and the trailer looked great. ... read more »
  
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  - Chesterfield
  - 04 Apr 2009 at 18:32
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  KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU AH HAAA
  
  YET ANOTHER MOVIE FROM 'THE END IS NIGH' GENRE. WELL ACTED AND A SURPRISINGLY ORIGINAL AND ENTERTAINING PLOT, GOOD ACTING AND GREAT ACTION SCENES (AS ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Mar 2009 at 10:46
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  Don't watch the last 15 mins...
  
  Up until the last 15 minutes I was definitely going to buy this film. It was brilliant. And then it all went rapidly downhill. Its almost as if someone who hadn... read more »
  
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  - Selby
  - 10 Jun 2009 at 19:01
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  WOW?
  
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  I had always wanted to see this film ever since I saw the first trailer, and I have to say that I was not disappointed...for like the first 45 minutes! The plot... read more »
  
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- - SOY
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  - Maidstone
  - 26 Mar 2009 at 17:28
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  Knowing. Requires guessing, researching and filling in the gaps yourself
  
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  It was incredibly hard to rate this film as it was only after doing some research afterwards that I was able to interpret it.
  
  The plot is, to its ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Apr 2009 at 15:42

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