My enthusiasm for Alex Proyas’ “Knowing” didn’t exactly leap up there after seeing this first trailer for his upcoming movie “Knowing”, starring Nicolas Cage as a teacher who discovers that predictions made 50 years ago are coming true; worst, the predictions eventually run out, then what happens? The trailer is good, the kind of slick stuff Hollywood does well, and it certainly doesn’t showcase the brilliance that Alex Proyas showcased in “The Crow” and “Dark City”. Having said that, I’m still holding out hope that he’ll one day return to such greatness, and maybe “Knowing” is a step in the right direction. I don’t see it in the trailer, alas, but who knows, Cage never does good trailers, so that may be it…
It’s the end of the world in Alex Proyas’ latest, “Knowing”, and only Nicolas Cage and his ability to run really fast through crowds of confused people can save us all! And oh yeah, along the way he drags Rose Byrne to help out with all the legwork. Or at least, that’s what it seems like in these first images from Proyas’ disaster movie “Knowing”, posted over at USA Today as part of their apocalyptic movie article.
I have to admit: Alex Proyas’ movie career hasn’t exactly gone as I had expected. He’s done some good sci-fi movies in the past (and “The Crow” was pretty good, too), like “Dark City” and “I, Robot”, but he’s never really broken through since “Dark City”. I mean, “I, Robot” was good entertaining fun, but it wasn’t GREAT, not in the sense that “Dark City” was GREAT. Hopefully his latest, “Knowing”, will be much better. Besides a first look at the teaser poster (to your left, which unfortunately is as big as it comes at the moment), there’s a full synopsis for the movie below.
Alex Proyas’ “Knowing” is something better everytime I hear about it. Then again, we are talking about Alex Proyas here, and since “Dark City”, I’ve been a fan of this guy and pretty much everything he’s done. Okay, so maybe I didn’t quite “get” the garage band indie movie “Garage Days”, but everything else has been pretty darn good. Proyas’ latest is “Knowing”, and besides star Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne has now signed on to play the female lead.