Premonition

I do not know where to start. Firstly the acting was really wooden n cheesy n pretty much dire.

The special effects were totally abysmal n the shaky cameras on rare action scenes were so off putting.

The plot was n has been done so many times n far more superior than this movie.

There was no suspense even tho there was a great effort to try n produce some. There were no tense moments at all.

The ending was hugely predictable.

I'm afraid I cannot recommend this movie n I gave 3 stars for effort.

"Premonition" or "The Psychic" is a decent thriller. It's basically a variation on "The Dead Zone". Instead of Walken it's Casper Van Dien.

Van Dien plays Jack Barnes, a cop who gets killed in the line of duty. He's brought back to life and now he see visions of disasters. These visions somehow connect to a terrorist group.

Casper puts in a good performance. Everybody else is mediocre. The action scenes are well-filmed, but the special effects are cheesy. The helicopters and explosion at the end of the film looked too fake.

In the end: It's definitely not a bad film, if you watch it with low expectations.

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Tough ex-GI cop Jack Barnes (Casper van Dien) survives a momentarily fatal accident that miraculously endows him with the eerie power of second sight! Det. Barnes disorientatingly experiences distressingly violent visions, and becomes strongly compelled to try and alter the dark fates of those victims he 'sees' in his frenzied premonitions. This conspicuously Dead Zone'd DTV action/thriller with studly Psi-cop Casper Van Dien is a mostly enjoyable jaunt into the supernatural. Switch off your noggin, switch on the kettle and revel in the chiselled, immaculately bestubbled, enormously attractive hero's earnest attempts to save the city from impending disaster!!!! Granted, we've seen it all before, but that only proves we're all just a little psychic, man!!!!!! Not the most invigorating text, but the director credibly keeps things peppy, and buff B-Movie Adonis Casper is one of the more affable action dudes! The CGI effects are not always convincing, but the film's big bad baddie shoes are capably filled by energetic character actor David Palffy.

Well, the 2005 movie "Premonition" from writer Will Stewart and director Jonas Quastel is built upon a concept that is over-used in Hollywood movie history, and sadly then "Premonition" didn't really manage to cash in on the concept in a very fulfilling or entertaining manner.

The storyline told in "Premonition", as written by Will Stewart was just too mundane, too stereotypical and predictable. And that left nothing up for the audience to get thrilled about. Sure, the movie was adequately enough paced, but the lack of ups and down, or curves for that matter, along the ride made for a rather monotonous movie experience.

The characters in the movie were adequate, albeit somewhat generic, thanks to the writing. And again, the character concepts were things that had been seen before, so there was nothing grand to be experienced here. And that sort of put a dampening restriction upon the cast of actors and actresses.

The special effects in "Premonition", however, were bad. They were laughably bad, and they looked like something that was discarded from a 1990s computer game. It was just atrocious to look at, and such bad special effects just hinders a movie in its progress.

Sure, "Premonition" was watchable, but it was hardly a memorable experience, and ultimately it was a less than mediocre movie as a whole. My rating of director Jonas Quastel's 2005 movie lands on a four out of ten stars.

If you are trying to form an argument against Canadian content laws, using the movie "Premonition" to form your opinion would help greatly. What will quickly strike most viewers is how familiar the core story is, but that is just a minor problem compared to what really sinks the movie. It's written to be a really stupid telling of a familiar story, with characters constantly making idiotic decisions throughout. Also, there are a significant number of plot turns that are either not properly explained, or are not explained at all. All this bad writing probably explains why no one in the cast seems to be trying very hard, with actor Casper Van Dien giving the worst performance of all, a bad performance that generates no sympathy or heart at all. The direction is also hopeless, from letting Van Dien stay unshaven throughout despite being a police officer, to action sequences that lack excitement or comprehension. It also doesn't help that the entire enterprise looks really cheap and cheesy, from the ultra low budget cinematography to some awful special effects (as well as reusing some special effects footage from the superior B movie "Epicenter"). This movie is complete garbage, even for viewers who are especially undemanding with their choice of entertainment.