2008 Woodie Awards
Cage's "Next" big hit
Movie captures modern science fiction
Inga Locke
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: Gallery
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Nicolas Cage has another success with his new movie "Next." "Next" was released on DVD Tuesday, Sept. 25.
"Next", written by Phillip K. Dick, writer of "Minority Report" takes science fiction to a whole new level. Maintaining a contemporary setting, "Next" manages to bring seeing into the future to audiences in a different way.
In the movie, Cris Johnson (Cage) is an ordinary man who can see into the future, but only in specific ways.
His visions are only two minutes ahead of actual time, and he can only see his own destiny.
By seeing the future he is continuously changing life and while he saves his own and he also puts himself in jeopardy.
In the beginning we are introduced to Liz Cooper (Jessica Biel). His meeting with her is the only thing Johnson has ever seen that was more than two minutes in the future and she is the only way he will ever be able to see farther.
As Johnson tries to find ways to be with Cooper by running every possible scenario through his head, he is being pursued by the FBI, who wants him to help them find a nuclear bomb that has been stolen by terrorist and threatens to kill the entire population of Los Angeles. By hunting Johnson down the FBI puts Cooper's life in danger.
The idea of being able to see the outcome of every scenario sounds fun and it was interesting to imagine being able to make "test runs" through life.
"Next" is one of the few movies that have captured action and science fiction in a modern setting with out making it weird.
The way Johnson's powers are portrayed make the powers seem believable and the suspense is at a good level.
The special features which are completely comprised of commentary about the movie and the making of the movie are good.
They were informational and I enjoyed listening to the interviews with Cage and Biel as well as the writers and producers.
The explanations during the special features were beneficial if you are like me and struggle with finding symbolism during the first viewing.
The special effects during the movie are well done, resembling some of the effects from movies such as "Butterfly Effect" in returning to the past with the same visuals.
I would have liked to have seen some deleted scenes or bloopers and was disappointed in the lack of variety of special features.
"Next" is definitely worth viewing, and I would see it again.
"Next", written by Phillip K. Dick, writer of "Minority Report" takes science fiction to a whole new level. Maintaining a contemporary setting, "Next" manages to bring seeing into the future to audiences in a different way.
In the movie, Cris Johnson (Cage) is an ordinary man who can see into the future, but only in specific ways.
His visions are only two minutes ahead of actual time, and he can only see his own destiny.
By seeing the future he is continuously changing life and while he saves his own and he also puts himself in jeopardy.
In the beginning we are introduced to Liz Cooper (Jessica Biel). His meeting with her is the only thing Johnson has ever seen that was more than two minutes in the future and she is the only way he will ever be able to see farther.
As Johnson tries to find ways to be with Cooper by running every possible scenario through his head, he is being pursued by the FBI, who wants him to help them find a nuclear bomb that has been stolen by terrorist and threatens to kill the entire population of Los Angeles. By hunting Johnson down the FBI puts Cooper's life in danger.
The idea of being able to see the outcome of every scenario sounds fun and it was interesting to imagine being able to make "test runs" through life.
"Next" is one of the few movies that have captured action and science fiction in a modern setting with out making it weird.
The way Johnson's powers are portrayed make the powers seem believable and the suspense is at a good level.
The special features which are completely comprised of commentary about the movie and the making of the movie are good.
They were informational and I enjoyed listening to the interviews with Cage and Biel as well as the writers and producers.
The explanations during the special features were beneficial if you are like me and struggle with finding symbolism during the first viewing.
The special effects during the movie are well done, resembling some of the effects from movies such as "Butterfly Effect" in returning to the past with the same visuals.
I would have liked to have seen some deleted scenes or bloopers and was disappointed in the lack of variety of special features.
"Next" is definitely worth viewing, and I would see it again.
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