Nicolas Cage‘s 2009 science fiction thriller is finding a new audience through streaming. Directed by Alex Proyas, who also directed The Crow, Knowing follows an astrophysics professor who discovers that a strange list of numbers may hold the key to several disasters.
The story begins when an elementary school time capsule is opened after 50 years. One paper inside the capsule contains a long list of numbers. John Koestler (Cage) soon realizes the numbers match the dates, locations, and death tolls of major past disasters. John’s discovery leads him to believe that more tragedies are coming. As he tries to understand the message, he also learns that his young son may be connected to the events.
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What is Nicolas Cage’s Knowing movie about?In Knowing, Nicolas Cage plays John Koestler, a widowed MIT professor raising his son Caleb. When Caleb brings home the paper from the school’s time capsule, John studies its numbers and finds links to events such as the September 11 attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, and Hurricane Katrina.
The list also includes predictions of disasters that haven’t happened yet. John tries to stop the next events, but his investigation leads him down a path that raises bigger questions about his family and humanity’s future.
Rose Byrne plays Diana Wayland, whose mother wrote the mysterious message in 1959. Chandler Canterbury plays Caleb, while Lara Robinson appears as both young Lucinda and Diana’s daughter, Abby. The cast also includes Ben Mendelsohn.
The sci-fi movie builds toward a major disaster involving a massive solar flare that threatens life on Earth. John must make a difficult choice as he learns what the numbers have been pointing toward all along.
Proyas directed Knowing, based on a story by Ryne Douglas Pearson, with a screenplay by Pearson, Juliet Snowden, and Stiles White. The movie was released in 2009 and earned around $186.5 million worldwide against a reported $50 million budget.
Critics gave the movie mixed reviews. Some praised its atmosphere, visual effects, and suspense, while others questioned its story and ending. Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert gave it four stars.
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