Next
(2007)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas
Kretschmann, Tory Kittles, Peter Falk
Director: Lee Tamahori
U.S. Opening Date: 27 April 2007
THEY SAY
In this adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story "The
Golden Man", Nicholas Cage plays a man who can see into the future and
change it any way that he wants. As he tries to avoid capture by a
government organization, he must win the love of a woman (Julianne Moore)
who he learns will be the mother of his child.
WE SAY
Kiwi director Lee Tamahori may have kicked off his
career with the powerful and disturbing Once Were Warriors back in
1994, but his Hollywood output hasn’t exactly been on the same level as
that other New Zealand export, Peter Jackson. His latest contributions to
the art of cinema have been supplying the world with invisible Bond cars
in Tomorrow Never Dies and the xXx: State of the Union
sequel so you’ll excuse us if we’re expecting Next to be the, um,
next Paycheck. Paycheck? Can’t remember
it? Of course, you won’t. It was yet another “high concept” action flick
built around another Philip K. Dick short story starring Ben Affleck and
directed by another import whose Hollywood output never matched that of in
his own native land, namely John Woo. (Thankfully fans of Philip K. Dick
were recently treated with A Scanner
Darkly – probably the most true adaptation of any of Dick’s literary
work. Yes, we’re throwing Blade Runner and
Total Recall into the equation as well.)
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