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Versoffener Nicolas Cage as an astrophysicist, a transcendental gifted son - and then a capsule with the warning of the super-catastrophe: The apocalyptic thriller "Knowing" oppressive offers a doomsday scenario.

 

When his son Caleb transcendental gifted an enigmatic, with a dense series described from a sheet of paper half a century ago capsule buried back home, is the astrophysicist John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) as electrifies. After the death of his wife in crisis alkoholvernebelter sense solidified, he now finds no rest until he knows more.

Can that be: a chronological list of the great disasters of the last 50 years, plus three more imminent disasters? The solution is the strange girl Lucinda (Lara Robinson) to find, then the encrypted warning as written in a trance, led by Flüsterstimmen, which now includes the small Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) listens.

After Professor Koestler actually two of the announced catastrophes witness must tear him a deep concern for his son and threatened the man from his fatalism. He fears the past day, determine the numbers and make up, and to warn off evil.

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"Knowing"
Trailer and Film Clips

Film clip: "Time Capsule"
Film clip: "What is happening?"
Film clip: "Get off the train!"

Spectacular apocalyptic movies, but at the end of earthly life beckons, there are many who really oppressive, however, specimens are rare. Stanley Kramers-nuclear drama "On The Beach" from 1959 is one of them, "Knowing" also.

Alex Proyas, the specialist for Zukunftsvisionäre and creator drabber classics like "The Crow" and "Dark City" returns with "Knowing" an ambitious disaster allegory with a stitch of action and creates both the one he captivates with a finishing time atmospheric thriller about fear of the future, Ausgeliefertsein and hope, with philosophical questions of all predetermined or random events.

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