Yet, things grow more complex when a time capsule opening at Caleb's elementary school presents the students with views of their predecessors' predictions about the future. While most are drawings, the one Caleb opens is from former student Lucinda Embry (LARA ROBINSON) and consists of just a page of seemingly random numbers.
After some investigation and ciphering of them, John comes to the unlikely but startling conclusion that they're sequential sets that correctly predicted the dates of deadly calamities around the world, accompanied by the number of related fatalities. Equally troubling is the fact that a small number of strangers have shown up with an interest in Caleb and are trying to communicate with him via some sort of whispering, and they may or may not have anything to do with the list's three sets of disasters that have yet to occur.
When the next one does and John knows he isn't going crazy with his hypothesis, he understands he must learn more about Lucinda. After learning she previously died, he visits her adult daughter, Diana Wayland (ROSE BYRNE), a single mom to Abby (LARA ROBINSON). With an apparent catastrophe of unbelievable magnitude on the horizon, John and Diana -- who's initially reluctant to help -- set out to figure out what that will be and where it will occur.
Violence consists of several disaster sequences (a plane crash with burning victims, a subway train crash, the apparent end of the world) as well as a bad traffic accident, and due to the graphic realism of those scenes, they'll likely be quite unsettling to viewers, while some other material might also be suspenseful. There are some bloody results, but as much as one would expect considering the calamities that occur.
A character appears to be an alcoholic or at minimum has a drinking problem, while some bad attitudes are present and a handgun is used in a threatening fashion on several occasions. A great deal of tense family material is present, including that related to familial deaths and parent/child separation.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that following a bad subway crash, and then a bit late in the film.
For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, various amounts of handheld (and thus bouncy to varying degrees) camerawork occurs throughout the film.
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(2009) (Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Minor
Minor
Extreme
None
Mild
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Mild
None
Extreme
Moderate
Extreme
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Reviewed March 16, 2009 / Posted March 20, 2009
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