Review of Next

Next (2007)
5/10
No future in this one
11 May 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I think the one word title got me in. It did not give anything away. But titles mean nothing.

This film just got sillier and sillier as the gifted magician (Nicholas Cage) used his special powers to counter future events. Winding back time is not a new theme in movies. Experts have been sent back in time to change events thus saving the world from disaster. It's a case of wishful thinking that's beyond belief. Messing around with time seems to have fascinated lots of writers.

I like imaginative stories, but this one did not inspire me. The idea of a Government using a gifted person to locate and defuse a nuclear bomb seemed a bit far-fetched to me. After all, his seeing into the future was limited to 2 minutes, so he had to work very fast with events that changed every minute.

The huge cast and crew and costly production was such a waste. It's a pity that someone could not have looked into the future and realized that this film would turn out to be a dud
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