Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: a science fiction thriller in prediction mode.
In 2009, Roland Emmerich's 2012 was released at the cinema, a disaster film about the Mayan prophecy according to which December 21, 2012 would mark the end of the world. The same year, another science fiction film about the apocalypse was also released. Its title? Predictions from Alex Proyas.
This distressing thriller, brought to the screen by an adrenaline-fueled Nicolas Cage, opens with a ceremony in honor of a school's anniversary. During this little party, a time capsule containing messages written by children fifty years earlier is dug up, then opened.
Each student takes with them a message, but Caleb's is illegible, because it is a mysterious series of numbers. At first amused, his father, a statistician, tries to find a meaning.
Horrified, he discovers that each sequence of numbers corresponds to the exact date of a recent disaster. And when he understands that the last three sequences prophesy future cataclysms, a race against time begins to prevent them.
In this sprint for survival, Nicolas Cage is accompanied by Rose Byrne (Troy). In the casting of Predictionswe also find Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline) and Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games).
“Nicolas Cage was the man for the job”
And the least we can say is that the choice of Nicolas Cage was obvious, as producer Jason Blumenthal revealed: “We said from the start that Nicolas Cage was the man for the job.” Before adding : “He brought to the character an emotional intensity and a verisimilitude that other actors would not have been able to give.”
Because in Predictions, Nicolas Cage don't do things in half measures. The actor sets out to save the world with unfailing determination and a certain exaggeration which has earned him several criticisms. We think in particular of the end, where he falls to his knees in the gravel and bursts into tears. A finale a bit too pathos for the spectators.
As a result, the film barely reaches the average with a rating of 2.8 out of 5, both from journalists and AlloCiné Internet users. So, it’s up to you to judge!
Tonight on NRJ12 at 9:10 p.m.
