Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name 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.
Acting
Cage doing Cage: intense staring, weird line delivery, inexplicable charm.
Visual Effects
Future-vision sequences actually inventive for 2007 budget.
Writing
Philip K. Dick short story adapted into... this.
Director
Lee Tamahori
Nicolas Cage
Cris Johnson / Frank Cadillac
Julianne Moore
Callie Ferris
Jessica Biel
Liz Cooper
Thomas Kretschmann
Mr. Smith
Jim Beaver
Wisdom
Tory Kittles
Cavanaugh
Peter Falk
Irv
Enzo Cilenti
Mr. Jones
José Zúñiga
Security Chief Roybal
Jason Butler Harner
Jeff Baines
Sergej Trifunović
Mr. White
Nicolas Pajon
Mr. Green
Michael Trucco
Kendall
Charles Rahi Chun
Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Philip K. Dick's 'The Golden Man,' which featured a golden-skinned mutant with precognition hunted by the government—Cage's character was originally non-human.
The infamous 'Cage running from everything in a vision' sequence inspired the meme 'Nicolas Cage running' and remains the film's most honest creative choice.
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