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... Read allAfter 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.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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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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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Awful movie and equally awful narrative. The plot had more holes than a watering can. Sorry but Casper the Ghost just doesn't cut it as an actor. I watched this on You Tube and it didn't take me long to see that this was a TV movie.
The special effects didn't help much and the plot went through more cliches than I can remember. All you needed to top it off was a car that wouldn't start and a girl running through the woods who trips over. Do yourself a favour and find another wannabe Nostradamus type plot. I'll give it 6 out of 22 million.
It might sound a bit nasty but I don't think that there was much of an effort made here.
The special effects didn't help much and the plot went through more cliches than I can remember. All you needed to top it off was a car that wouldn't start and a girl running through the woods who trips over. Do yourself a favour and find another wannabe Nostradamus type plot. I'll give it 6 out of 22 million.
It might sound a bit nasty but I don't think that there was much of an effort made here.
A low rent Canadian TV movie that explores the idea of psychic premonitions in much the same way as the likes of THE DEAD ZONE et al. This one brings nothing new to the concept, instead happy to retread old ground in its telling of a man who dies in a car accident, only to be brought back to life with a special talent for foreseeing the future.
Casper Van Dien has always been a likable hero, an actor who I've enjoyed seeing since STARSHIP TROOPERS. He's certainly no great shakes as an actor but he has charisma at least, which counts for something. He's the best thing about this otherwise shoddy film, putting plenty of effort into his leading role and handling himself well in the action stakes.
Sadly, PREMONITION as a whole is spoilt by a script which copies disaster scenarios from other movies - an earthquake, a train crash which virtually reprises the one in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE - and doesn't have much in the way of originality to it. In addition, the CGI effects of trains, helicopters, and the like are very poor indeed. It's not a terrible film, just a generally lacklustre one.
Casper Van Dien has always been a likable hero, an actor who I've enjoyed seeing since STARSHIP TROOPERS. He's certainly no great shakes as an actor but he has charisma at least, which counts for something. He's the best thing about this otherwise shoddy film, putting plenty of effort into his leading role and handling himself well in the action stakes.
Sadly, PREMONITION as a whole is spoilt by a script which copies disaster scenarios from other movies - an earthquake, a train crash which virtually reprises the one in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE - and doesn't have much in the way of originality to it. In addition, the CGI effects of trains, helicopters, and the like are very poor indeed. It's not a terrible film, just a generally lacklustre one.
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