A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
I had seen the trailer of this movie and I found the story to be old – a person who can see into the future, so my expectations from the movie was low. I like Nicolas Cage and that is why I went to see this movie.<br/><br/>The movie is about a magician Cris Johnson (Cage) who can see his own future for only 2 minutes ahead. The FBI Officer (Julianne Moore) is behind him to seek his help to uncover a nuclear weapon post in LA; the terrorist group is after him because they too want to be ahead of FBI with the help of Cage, but Cage does not want to help anyone and is on a run and his purpose is to seek a girl (Jessica Biel) whose future he can see for a longer period. The movie is about how Cage gets involved in helping FBI – only to realize in the end that he is able to save his girl friend instead of saving 8 million population of LA. The last scene of the movie (that I will not tell now and spoil the show) kept me unsatisfied with the movie.<br/><br/>Nicolas Cage has produced the movie himself. Lee Tamahori (Sopranos, Die Another Day, Along came a Spider fame) has directed the movie. The movie is based on a novel called &quot;Golden Man&quot;.<br/><br/>Even though the story is old, the format of telling it, is new. From the first scene the director without wasting any time tells you that Cage can see his future and then takes you into unwinding of action, and never let go the pace of the movie. The movie has lots of twists and turns; mostly predictable – once we know that hero can see the future; but still maintains interest throughout.<br/><br/>Nicolas Cage looks a bit haggard but has acted well. Juliaane Moore and beautiful Jessica Biel have nothing extra-ordinary to do and their characters help the movie go forward. The movie has some good actions scenes and few funny moments. Funny moments because the Director allows the audience to see all the options Cage can think and see in future – and then chooses one that best suiting him.<br/><br/>I am having this feeling that Nicolas Cage is trying to re-invent himself in a much remembered screen character that can give him at least a few more innings as sequels. His choosing Ghost Rider and now this character of Next – both have tremendous scope for sequels like James Bond, Spiderman, Superman, Die Hard, etc. Sadly with box office not ticking the counters strongly – the hope of Cage does not seem to being materializing soon.<br/><br/>(Stars 6 out of 10)
An enjoyable movie. Who cares about the hairstyles? Nic Cage&#39;s character was living a seedy sort of life, why wouldn&#39;t he have &#39;bad&#39; hair. Someone made the comment about cage and Biel being mismatched because she is &#39;hot&#39; while he is not. But she wasn&#39;t playing a hot babe was she. It looks like some people were incapable of seeing that. She was totally unglamorous, dressing very plainly and even did some voluntary teaching with deprived kids. That kind of character is attracted by personality rather than looks so Cage&#39;s quirky character is more likely to appeal than the guy she&#39;d finished with.<br/><br/>It seems to me that many of those dismissing the movie actually fancy themselves as movie reviewers; commenting on various aspects that don&#39;t concern your typical movie watcher.
In Next, a crummy action and speculative-fiction hybrid, Nicolas Cage plays a guy who can see into the future two minutes at a time. It's too bad that Mr. Cage couldn't tap into those same powers of divination to save himself from making yet another inexplicably bad choice in roles.
The Golden Man a lot but the 2 main differences is that the book is set in a post-Apocalyptic america and the enemies are mutants not terrorists
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