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2007

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Blessed, or cursed, with the ability to see events minutes before they occur, Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) earns a living as a magician in Las Vegas and keeps a low profile under an alias. When terrorists threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) goes on the hunt for Cris and hopes to convince him to help her stop the coming apocalypse.

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Critics Consensus

Numerous plot holes and poorly motivated characters prevent Next from being the thought-provoking sci-fi flick it could've been.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Dec 3, 2007

This busy sci-fi thriller often seems like a page full of equations rendered meaningless by an early misplaced decimal point.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Nov 17, 2007

C+

It's debatable whether Cage's supernatural ability is any more interesting than his strange coiffure.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Sep 22, 2007

Another failed attempt to bring Dick's deliriously paranoid mind-set to the screen.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 27, 2020

5/10

It missteps from time to time with its narrative and tone, while also stumbling badly at the conclusion.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Oct 16, 2018

The concept behind it is fine, but the execution is terrible.

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Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

Apr 23, 2009

2/4

Tamahori and the phalanx of writers implode Dick's intriguing premise into a pedantic thriller.

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Orange C

@Traveler3187 Mar 22, 2026

This movie is nonsense.

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Blu B

@RT43513976 Nov 10, 2025

The acting isn't good. It's like most of the people in this realize it's not good so were just gonna phone in the performance. Cage is terrible honestly. His demeanor goes from miscast, sleepwalking, just bad, to that special kind of Cage acting only his fans know. The dialouge is clunky, and I have to say it's crazy seeing Moore phone in things it feels like given I always see her trying even in subpar stuff. Worst performance I've ever see from her. Bad guys are as forgettable as they come and feel like an afterthought. The music is generic and forgettable. Everything else is subpar and the biggest strike here is the plot is just ridiciulous and beyond farfetched. There is brief flashes here and there of something clever and good. Like the diner scene where he meets Biel is a good idea and the Memento style editing is a cool idea but it just isn't focused, jumps around between Cage, the bad guys, and Moore. Than it starts getting boring during the shootout at the docks because it just gets repetitive with Cage leading them to a scenario, telling what's gonna happen, than moving on rinse and repeat. Than the twist he got it wrong and its all a dream just makes no sense. It's not clear what real and fake and isn't clever enough to do that idea the right way like a David Lynch. The action is either as generic as they come or has terribly bad CGI. Skip this. Just a bad action flick.

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bob t

@RT89536276 Sep 14, 2025

enjoyable fun movie with an interesting premise

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ryuugami N

@RT83007378 Sep 1, 2025

The movie is enjoyable, don't listen to critics

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Tucker H

@RT88481895 Aug 28, 2025

Some of the writing is janky, and some scenes are very clearly greenscreened. But the general premise and execution is pretty good. It doesn't necessarily keep you on the edge of your seat, but its engaging, plus the twist is really good. If it had to be summerized, I would call it: "Nick Cage uses time powers to aura farm for an hour and 30 minutes"

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Nero Z

@NeroZashi92 Aug 25, 2025

One of the best Nicolas Cage movies, I've watched it at least 6 times.

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Synopsis

Blessed, or cursed, with the ability to see events minutes before they occur, Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) earns a living as a magician in Las Vegas and keeps a low profile under an alias. When terrorists threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) goes on the hunt for Cris and hopes to convince him to help her stop the coming apocalypse.

Director: Lee Tamahori
Producer: Nicolas Cage, Todd Garner, Norman Golightly, Graham King, Arne Schmidt
Screenwriter: Gary Goldman, Jonathan Hensleigh, Paul Bernbaum
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Saturn Films, Broken Road, Revolution Studios
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Intense Violent Sequences)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 14, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.0M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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