'Knowing'

By Jay Bobbin, Zap2It | June 24, 2009

Nicolas Cage in 'Knowing'

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A time capsule from a half-century ago proves to have foreshadowed modern-day disasters in director Alex Proyas' ("Dark City") fantasy-drama, which runs the risk of utilizing true catastrophes in a fictional way.

Nicolas Cage plays a widowed father and astrophysicist who becomes privy to the contents, then tries to prevent the predicted crises that haven't happened yet. Rose Byrne ("Damages") also stars as a woman with a direct link to the capsule. *** (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)

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