Knowing is a disaster movie of biblical proportions. Director Alex Proyas did a fine job of making this film that stars Nicolas Cage and Chandler Canterbury as his son. The director took the end-of-the-world-scenario and made it fresh.
From the time capsule to the unveiling of the predictions, Knowing made me want to find out what will happen next. The story is well-made but I do have some complaints with regards to some elements of the story.
Like when they already knew the end is near, Diana (Rose Byrne) stated that she can’t let anything happen to her daughter Abby (Lara Robinson). Instead of empathizing with her character, she made me laugh because everyone on Earth will be extinct and she’s still worrying about a single person. Maybe that’s how selfish mothers can be. Well, Diana did learn that if you don’t believe your mom, you’ll die.
Then there’s a scene where John (Nicolas Cage) gave a command to Diana and their kids to gather all the important stuff that they can in ten minutes. But instead of helping them get all the essential items, he takes his phone and spent that time talking to his father.
John Koestler (Nicolas Cage): The numbers are the key to everything.
The world as we know it ended in the Knowing but with a twist. Turns out, the whisperers were aliens and they have a Noah’s Ark-like spaceship that will take Caleb and Abby to another planet. The number codes were left by the aliens as a guide for the kids to stay safe from harm. Yup, Nicolas Cage died but the kids are last seen running towards the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. Talk about mixing religion with science.
