Next [Blu-ray]

starring: Jim Beaver, Nicolas Cage, Peter Falk, Edith Fields, Thomas Kretschmann List Price: $29.99 Amazon.com's Price: $23.49 You Save: $6.50 (22%) as of 03/20/2010 07:25 EDT Used Price: $7.51 Third Party New Price: $14.27 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO EAN: 0097361312545 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Item Dimensions:100 Label: Paramount Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: 131254 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 03, 2008 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Related Items: Knowing [Blu-ray] Bangkok Dangerous [Blu-ray] Paycheck [Blu-ray] The Watcher [HD DVD] Assault on Precinct 13 [HD DVD] see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret: he can see two minutes into the future. Sick of the government and scientific interest in his gift he lies low in Vegas performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling winnings. But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.System Requirements:Running Time: 96 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097361312545 Manufacturer No: 131254 Amazon.com: The weirdness of actor Nicolas Cage and the weirdness of science-fiction author Philip K. Dick seem like a natural fit. The premise, taken from a short story by Dick, is a good one: A mediocre Las Vegas magician named Chris Johnson (Cage) can see into the future--but only about two minutes at the most. Just enough to pull off his act and to make some money at the gambling tables, so long as he's discreet. Unfortunately, he hasn't been discreet enough; a government agent (Julianne Moore) has sussed out his precognitive talent and wants to use him to track down terrorists. But all Johnson cares about is a beautiful young woman (Jessica Biel, The Illusionist) that he can see in his future--much further in his future than he's ever seen before. Next has flashes that point to a much, much better movie than it turned out to be. A sequence in which Johnson, clairvoyantly explores all the different permutations of how he might approach his mystery woman is both funny and thought-provoking, and when Johnson avoids pursuers by knowing just the right moment to turn a corner or duck his head, it's smart and suspenseful. Unfortunately, the terrorist part of the plot is utterly perfunctory and precognition is reduced to an action movie gimmick. Somewhere in there is the kernel of a romantic comedy about precognition that's just waiting to be made. Cage gives a solid if unsurprising performance, Moore is basically earning a paycheck, but Biel is unexpectedly good (and her part is considerably better-written than your usual romantic interest); her performance suggests a better future than anyone might have predicted. --Bret Fetzer Beyond Next More Nick Cage on DVD The Author that Inspired the Movie The Soundtrack Stills from Next (click for larger image) Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Great Product BUY IT Great acting and it makes you think. I actually paid attention the whole time. That says more than U know. Rating: - Excellent movie This is an excellent movie, and would suggest it to anyone that enjoys good movies. Rating: - Interesting for a while, then it turns into a boring action film About 2/3 of the way through this, I thought it was interesting. Then it started to look like many other action films you have seen. I agree with the negative reviews. Cage and Moore are good actors. I think it's one of the worst films I have seen in a long time. Luckily, it was on TV. Now erased. (P.S.: People who write hateful comments should learn to spell.) Rating: - Silly but entertaining shenanigans Of course, you'll have to suspend all common sense to get through this digital effects sci-fi 'thriller,' But you'll be very entertained, even if the plot has holes like the Grand Canyon. Why do these terrorists want to nuke LA? We are not told. I guess they planned to commit suicide when the bomb goes off. Anyway, Nick Cage plays a Vegas magician with "precognition," i.e., he sees the future, but only 2 minutes ahead and only if it involves himself. Just for ha-has, they make him fall for luscious Jessica Biel, because who wants to look at balding, jowly Nick Cage for 90 minutes? He is way, way too old for Jessica, but no matter. The avalanche and the nuclear explosion look very digital, as do the many scenes of Nick melting and morphing and zigzagging backward and forward in time. Smartly, this is very quick at 90 minutes, and you won't be bored. Rating: - Needed Something More Next has an intriguing premise of a man who can see two minutes into the future and the FBI agents seeking out his abilities to foil a terrorist plot to blow up a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, but as other reviewers have pointed out, there are a few plot holes that would've made this a better movie. Who are the terrorists, why are they blowing a nuclear bomb up in LA ? Without this information, all we have is Nicolas Cage and Julliane Moore running around chasing terrorists because these are bad people. As a big Jessica Biel fan, I have to ask what exactly she was doing in this film other than nearly being blown up by terrorists and having a quickie romance with Nicholas Cage...within the course of a couple of days. It felt like she was just kind of the generic good looking woman that could've been played by any number of actresses. Julliane Moore really brings it though as the hard nosed FBI agent desperate to stop terrorists from wiping out most of LA. That being said, Next has a lot of action packed into 96 minutes, so if your a fan of fast paced action and can make it beyond the delayed setup, than this movie may be just for you. I'm not sure if I would drop sixteen bucks on this, maybe find it in a $10 dollar bin at Walmart or something. see more

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