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Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Jose Zuniga, Jim Beaver, Michael Trucco, Enzo Cilenti, Sergej Trifunovic, Edith Fields, Richard Kay, Bonita Friedericy, Peter Falk, Miranda Frigon, Chris Palermo, Lorilynn Failor, Paul Rae, Sam Kim, Charles Chun, Max Lee, Adam Lieberman, Nicolas Pajon, Tory Kittles, Jack Ong, Jessica Barth, Dean Cudworth, Jason Butler Harner, Jason Butler Harner, Laetitia Danielle, Patricia Prata, Jon Hughes, Alice Kim, Logan Christopher, Danny Downey, Michael Runyard, Thomas Siyuja, Dimitri Watahomigie, Nuce Ty-Teray Marshall, Mavis Jones, Jeff Michael, Lisa Joyner, Kaynece Watahomigie, Hinetoa
Directed By:
Lee Tamahori
Written By:
Gary Goldman, Jonathan Hensleigh, Paul Bernbaum
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Movie Review by Zara 
April 19th, 2008
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I am giving this movie a little more credit (half star) just for having Jessica Biel looking so damn fine in it. (And for her actually coming off as plausible as possible given the silly role that she is saddled with. I might even venture to say that this is best that I've seen her do so far.)
I don't buy that her character would be into Cage's character though. While the movie hints that she is the key to unlocking the full potential of his ability to see into the future, there really isn't a whole lot of chemistry that you can feel coming from between the two. It's like watching father and daughter and not a couple.
There are some righteous action scenes in it which can't be ignored. There's also the superb Julianne Moore, an actress that I kinda feel sorry for because as good as she is, in order to keep getting roles and a paycheck, she has to accept making a lot of crap movies. Good old Hollyweird.
What you can't overlook is that this movie is silly. If it were released with more practical effects and less CGI effects back in the '80's, I might have been a little more impressed. But the story is so weak, the movie falls back on hoping that the flash and dazzle will do it for you. For me, it doesn't.
I think I'll search out the Phillip K Dick book that this is based on and try to fit that in with the pile of other books that I haven't read because I'm too busy. Something tells me that the source material probably had a lot more guts to it.
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