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Release Date: April 27, 2007
On DVD: September 25, 2007
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writer: Gary Goldman
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Official site: nextmovie.com
Running Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, and some language.

In "Next," based on the Philip K. Dick story "The Golden Man," Nicolas Cage plays a man with the unique ability to see future events and affect their outcome. Relentlessly pursued by the FBI, which is seeking to use his abilities to prevent a global terrorist threat, he is ultimately faced with the daunting choice of saving the world or the woman he loves....

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Lee Tamahori is not the best of directors, or, if he is, he employs very lousy special effects houses and editors. His last four films, with exception to xXx: State of the Union, have all had some potential, but all have been missing something that would take the stories to a truly legitimate and exciting level. Die Another Day, the absurd James Bond flick that pretty much begged for the grittier, more realistic Casino Royale, is a perfect example: it had the pieces, but a combination of poor storytelling and incredibly inane special effects ruined it. Along Came a Spider, the sequel to Kiss the Girls, was decent, but it too suffered from some special effects that ripped the carpet out from under the film. And now there's Next, a Nicolas Cage-starring thriller that has a lot going for it, but still lacks something that makes us truly believe.

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Anonymous says:

September 30, 2007

Nicholas Cage is so full of himself, this movie started out well , but as movies go these days it lost it . An unbelieveable story. It had such an interesting concept that he could see 2 minutes before things happened. This story could have taken many more directions and should have. The terrorists and way too long gun fights were just downright boring. Juliana Moore in top form. Jessica Biel a bit of a flake.

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