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Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret--a gift and a curse which torments him. He can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interes...( read more  read more... )t 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.

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  • December 13, 2009
    Next left me a bit disappointed, yet it is not a bad film. It is entertaining enough to continue watching, but the acting and script could have used a bit of tweaking. The role for Mr. Cage was a perfect fit for him. He did a great job. Julianne Moore is usually a much better...( read more) actress than this film showed. Ms. Biel, who normally is horrible, did fine with the script. The bit players weren't interesting enough and the story really needed a bit more bang for the buck.
  • October 2, 2009
    I finally got to see this movie on Space. This means, of course, that since it was edited for TV, I probably missed a bunch of it. That being said, it was still a decent movie, full of interesting twists. But the ending left me hanging, wondering "What the hell happens next?!?...( read more)". For that, it only gets 3.5.
  • October 2, 2009
    Nicolas Cage used to be such a great actor, remember? It?s getting hard to isn't it! Well, that said, this film isn't too bad, it?s better than most Philip K Dick adaptations anyway! I think the real problem is Lee Tamahori. He's made a couple of half decent films but he just doe...( read more)sn't know how to get the best out of his actors. Cage is a Shadow of his former self, Biel is wooden at best and Moore, who played a similar character in Children of men, and was very good in it, was hammy to say the least! Still, it was fairly entertaining and I quite liked the ending but it isn?t as good as reading The Golden Man!
  • April 5, 2009
    OK where to begin, guess what, I didn't like this either lol another Phillip K Dick adaptation and another movie about being able to see the future or a couple minutes ahead anyway. Its a nice idea, hardly original these days, back then sure, now no. Minority Report was a better ...( read more)film, slightly different idea of seeing the future but basically the same.

    This film doesn't really look special, its drab and normal looking, abit average really, I don't mean there should be huge spaceships and effects but it just looks boring, there's nothing to make you sit up and take notice, and it is or was suppose to be a sci-fi story of sorts.

    Cage is as usual, over the top, looking old and with less hairline and frankly a poor actor all round, never did think much of him, always got the impression he's where he is today cos his uncle is Francis Ford Coppola. The remaining cast are mundane and play the usual sterotype baddies and goodies. The action is also laughable really, Cage dodging bullets, beating everybody up as if they were muppets and tacky looking 'future sightings'.

    There's just no punch here, I was bored, the plot can be alittle loose and the ending is kind of a contradiction of the whole future seeing premise, only 2min ahead for himself???? then whats the ending mean then?
    This is a video shop rental only for sure, dont expect much here.
  • November 23, 2008
    "If you can see the future, you can save it."

    A man with the ability to see the future and change the outcome of events before they occur is forced to choose between saving himself and saving the world in this supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Le...( read more)e Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge). Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Las Vegas magician who possesses the unique ability to witness the events of the immediate future moments before they happen. As a child Cris was subjected to a series of cruel experiments by government scientists and doctors, but a change of name and a new identity allowed the tortured psychic to elude detection and start a new life away from the prying eyes of his former captors. Though his clairvoyant vision only extends a few minutes into the future, it has still allowed Cris to eke out a living as a low-rent Las Vegas magician while earning a little extra cash at the blackjack tables. Up to this point in his life Cris has never used his power for anything substantial, but when he experiences a vision of Los Angeles being incinerated in a nuclear holocaust, the small-time magician realizes that he could hold the key to saving millions of lives. But as low as he has tried to lie in recent years, Cris has never completely escaped detection by the government. Now, as terrorists prepare to unleash the ultimate horror on an unsuspecting city, FBI counter terror agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) sets out to capture Cris and convince him to use his exceptional gift to prevent the nuclear nightmare from becoming a terrifying reality.

    Review
    Philip K. Dick has been the inspiration for many movies from big hits like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report, to box office bombs like Screamers and Paycheck. His story, "The Golden Man" is the basis for Next. If you know what deus ex machina is, you'll know roughly how the ending goes. You'll also know how the ending works if you watched the TV show Dallas. I won't ruin the movie by telling you how it ends, but as the end credits rolled, I got a feeling that I was ripped off, simply because the ending is exactly what writers are told never to write. I didn't expect it, but it was disappointing nonetheless.
  • December 30, 2009
    I found it enjoyable, but with such a cool concept they could have made it better. Nicolas Cage is always ace ;)
  • December 29, 2009
    "Every time you look into the future, it changes... because you looked at it." Next is a 2007 science fiction film, stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) has the power to see two minutes into his future and works as a magician in Las Veg...( read more)as. After evading a group of FBI agents led by Agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore), who wants his help with a terrorism investigation, Cris sees Liz (Jessica Biel), the woman from his dream. The terrorists, who have been watching the FBI, also follow, hoping to kill Cris before he can help the authorities.
  • December 28, 2009
    Jessica Biel is sooo sexy.
  • December 28, 2009
    hey what are they upto tell......
  • December 27, 2009
    Story is tough to follow but good action scenes

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