Next is based on a Philip K. Dick science-fiction story, "The Golden Man", and does a pretty good job of staying true to the story. Nicolas Cage plays a low-rent magician, Cris Johnson. Now Cris is a seemingly normal guy, or at least as close to a normal guy as Cage can get, with a haircut borrowed from Tom Hanks after he completed The Da Vinci Code. Cris has a talent; he has the uncanny knack of seeing two minutes into his own future. He tries to keep this talent hidden, but the FBI and Agent Callie Ferris (Moore) want his help in apprehending some nearby terrorists who have a nuclear bomb. Cris isnt interested, so he hits the road after hooking up with his stunningly hot dream girl Liz (Biel), who somehow manages to "lengthen" our hero's precognitive talents. This semi-smart sci-fi thriller straddles a fence between cleverly smart and surprisingly stupid ... but most of it is still fun anyway.

There is plenty of entertainment here as director Tamahori does a good job grabbing your attention as we watch possible future scenarios play out in Cris's head, then get brought back to current time to see what our hero will do. The movie smartly takes its time in revealing the implications of Cris' gift. There are many twists and turns, which you may see coming about two minutes before they happen, but Next is good fun brain and eye candy.

Linda (Bullock) is happily married to handsome husband Jim (Julian McMahon) and with their two young daughters everything is going fine until Linda wakes to hear the news that Jim has been killed in a car accident. Forlorn Linda is shocked until she awakes to find that it was an elaborate dream, and Jim hasnt hopped in the car yet. She continues to have recurring nightmares that seem overly probable and border on premonitions. Linda must somehow discern a puzzle in real time based on disturbing looks at a possible future. Can Linda prevent the fates she is seeing for her family, or is everything written and deserved in karmic retribution?There are plot holes and the resolution is shaky, but it does add up if you go with it. What saves the movie from falling into formulaic rubbish is the strong performance from Bullock and the connection she gives to the audience. I found myself caught up in Linda's efforts and moral questions. She is a woman striving against her gift and curse of premonition and her undeserved torment. Though grim and often violent, Premonition is more love story than thriller, but overall delivers a strong, thought-inducing film.'