KNOWING! A movie set in the Boston area, that clearly was NOT filmed in the Boston area. It uses a lot of shoddy VFX and greenscreen. Major location give aways include unrecognizable landmarks, the "Ice Cold Beer" sign at the rest stop convenience store (not legal here), trucks in the background that appear to be driving on the left, and, oh, a major car accident scene set on hill-less terrain so flat you can see the horizon. It's not New England. It's not even the United States.
Meanwhile in Melbourne, Australia... Nicholas Cage will be furrowing his brow and delivering monotone predictions about the pending apocalypse. It's hard to take seriously. We started heckling about halfway through the film. If only Bruce from the Family Guy had been in this (Everybody else on Earth is going to die? "Oh noooo!").
We will half-heartedly give kudos to "Knowing" for digitally blowing up the city of Boston. Usually, movies like to blow up New York, or Washington DC. Our blown-up city envy needed to be addressed, so thank you. Melbourne thanks you too.
We give this movie an Aussi Salute, and not much else.
Final Score = D-
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