Actor Nicolas Cage, Director Alex Proyas ("The Crow", "Dark City", "I, Robot"). Two names that either mean a great movie or a horrible one. This is a horrible one. Taking what may have been an interesting idea at one point and completeinly blowing it up into this big budget B-movie does no one any favors.
I'm not going to go into the plot because it's ridiculous and not worth paying attention to. The movie is so far fetched even by Sci-fi standards it's amazing. Cage is in fine form here going from completely unemotional and monotone in the first half to completely overacting the entire second half. For a movie with a plot as ridiculous as this it sure takes itself seriously, there is no intentional humor to be found here. What is funny is some of the CGI used, 2 scenes in particular really look like they were made on a 5 year old laptop.
I've really enjoyed some of Proyas' movies, especially "Dark City," but this one is just not good. Even the score drove me crazy, it sounds like an old hitchcock score ramped up to 11 and then played at inappropriate times. Cage driving down the road does not need Psychoesque music blaring over the top. The movie sucked.
The Blu-ray on the other hand is fantastic. Aside from the fake looking CGI it is a very good looking film. Colors are strong if dark and there is a lot of noticeable detail in the actors faces and the sets. The Audio is some of the most bottom-heavy I've ever heard. It's almost too much low end, at times it's distracting. There is plenty of surround activity as well and dialogue is always easy to understand.
Knowing is not worth seeing unless you really like overblown, crappy Sci-fi movies, or want to give your audio system a workout. The Blu-ray is great the movie is definitely not.
Ratings:
Movie 1.5/5
Blu-ray 4.5/5
I hate Nicholas Cage
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