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.

MOVIE REVIEW

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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