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Fifty years after it was buried in a time capsule, a schoolgirl's cryptic document falls into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John figures out that the encoded message accurately lists every major disaster from the past five decades, and predicts three future calamities -- one a global cataclysm. When his warnings fall on deaf ears, John enlists the help of the prophetic author's daughter and granddaughter to try to avert the ultimate disaster.
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It appears that “Knowing” is another one of those films that has me at a loss for words — and, as always, not in a good way.
It has me at that all-too-familiar point where not only can I not find the right words to properly summarize this confounding, schizoid flick, but I can't muster enough of an opinion to properly do so. But, of course, isn't that what you expect from a Nicolas Cage movie these days?
The once-electric thespian slums his hairpiece-covered head off (not to sound mean, but man, it's really obvious in this flick) as John Koestler, an MIT astrophysics professor who has taken care of his hearing-impaired son (Chandler Canterbury, precocious to a T) since his wife died in a hotel fire. A man who has lost his faith (oh, yes, he's the son of a preacher man!) as well as the belief that all things in life are predetermined, he swigs back whiskey glass after whiskey glass, hoping to numb the pain. (Since his Oscar-winning turn in “Leaving Las Vegas,” has there been an actor who imbibes with mo (Full review)