Premonition (2005) Movie Review

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Director: Jonas Quastel

Writer: Will Stewart (Screenplay)

Cast

Casper Van Dien (Daughter)
Catherine Oxenberg (Dynasty)
Kyle Jordan Drewitz (Psych)
Doug Abrahams (Man of Steel)
Lorena Gale (The Butterfly Effect)

Plot: After a violent car wreck nearly takes his life, Jack Barnes begins having inexplicable and terrifying premonitions of horrible disasters. As his premonitions start coming true, Jack is soon wanted by the FBI for questioning.

Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Premonition starts when Detective Jack Barnes (Van Dien) is involved in a violent car wreck. His partner is killed and he is lucky to survive. However, as Jack starts trying to recover, he starts having disturbing visions.

As Jack starts investigating the visions, he learns that he can see into the future. He starts using his painful new ability to save lives. However, terrorists look to eliminate Jack before he can expose their plan for destruction in the city.

Verdict on Premonition

Premonition is a mystery sci-fi thriller following a detective that survives a car wreck with a new gift. He can see disasters happening and sets out on a mission to warn people before disaster strikes.

This is a movie that gets to play into the idea that people wouldn’t understand seeing the future. It gets to show how hard people try to prevent disaster from happening and the people around them might consider them unstable. However, it does seem to focus more on the ability being used to battle terrorists, rather than stop natural disasters. Which takes away the unsure nature involved. In the end, the action is entertaining and the story does flow well. We could have easily gone down the same direction as ‘Knowing’ but things are kept grounded.

Final Thoughts – Premonition is an entertaining mystery thriller.