{"id":6727,"date":"2025-05-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:18:22","slug":"netflix-viewers-rediscover-00s-sci-fi-thriller-with-unexpected-twist-as-it-climbs-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/netflix-viewers-rediscover-00s-sci-fi-thriller-with-unexpected-twist-as-it-climbs-the-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix viewers rediscover 00s sci-fi thriller with \u2018unexpected\u2019 twist as it climbs the charts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nicolas Cage stars in the epic disaster movie Knowing (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2009 Nicolas Cage<\/a> movie, Knowing, has climbed the charts this week to become the ninth most-watched film on Netflix<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n

Directed by The Crow filmmaker Alex Proyas, the film stars Cage as MIT professor John Koestler, who stumbles across a time capsule containing a seemingly prophetic string of numbers.<\/p>\n

Discovering that these numbers correlate to major disasters over the past 50 years – including September 11 and Hurricane Katrina – John is quick to notice that the list is almost at an end.<\/p>\n

With a devastating solar flare on the horizon, John realises that this impending cataclysm could be the world’s last – and he faces a race against time to get himself and his son (Chandler Canterbury) to safety before it’s too late.<\/p>\n

Co-starring Rose Byrne and Andor star Ben Mendelsohn<\/a>, Knowing has been largely forgotten by those not in the know… until now.<\/p>\n

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It has resonated with audiences since being added to Netflix on April 15, many of whom are discovering its wild twist ending for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Cage stars as Professor John Koestler (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In some respects, Knowing was a film ahead of its time, having garnered a less-than-favourable score of 35 from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

While many highlighted its ‘cool’ ideas and tense aeroplane disaster sequence, most critics dismissed it as a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

With these caveats in mind, Nigel Floyd of Time Out described it as ‘compelling,’ while Advocate’s John Wirt called it ‘imperfect but effective.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw had much praise for that ending, saying: ‘Some movies, however unpromising, can be saved by a great ending. Here is one.’<\/p>\n

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Rose Byrne stars opposite the Cage (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since its release, the film has achieved something of a renaissance, with fans on a Reddit thread discussing its undeserved bad reputation.<\/p>\n

‘Neat ideas, some genuinely creepy sequences, and a quality Nic Cage performance,’ wrote Dottsterisk.<\/p>\n

‘I appreciated that the film-makers stuck with what they established until the end,’ said Detroit_Cineaste of the film’s shocking ending.<\/p>\n

‘This movie put the fear of death in me. Seriously, I never thought about it that hard before seeing this. Afterwards, thinking about dying makes me sick and terrified. Thinking about it too long is bound to send me into a panic attack,’ recalled snapthesacc.<\/p>\n

‘The ending is a very good part of the movie imo,’ said batsofburden.<\/p>\n

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The Cage will star in upcoming horror film The Surfer (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">What’s your favourite Nicolas Cage movie?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In the 16 years since Knowing’s release, the film’s star has only grown more unpredictable in his old age.<\/p>\n<p>Mocked at the time for his penchant for starring in silly sci-fi thrillers and straight-to-DVD action films, he’s gone on to dial up the craziness – appearing in the likes of Mandy, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Willy’s Wonderland and Renfield, to name but a few. <\/p>\n<p>This month, he stars in the modern Ozploitation feature The Surfer, in which he stars as a man at the end of his tether, descending into madness and mania when he’s accosted by a gang of beach bros on an idyllic Australian beachfront.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Knowing is streaming on Netflix UK now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas Cage stars in the epic disaster movie Knowing (Picture: Shutterstock) The 2009 Nicolas Cage movie, Knowing, has climbed the charts this week to become the ninth most-watched film on Netflix in the UK. Directed by The Crow filmmaker Alex Proyas, the film stars Cage as MIT professor John Koestler, who stumbles across a time capsule containing a seemingly prophetic string of numbers. Discovering that these numbers correlate to major disasters over the past 50 years – including September 11 … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/netflix-viewers-rediscover-00s-sci-fi-thriller-with-unexpected-twist-as-it-climbs-the-charts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “Netflix viewers rediscover 00s sci-fi thriller with \u2018unexpected\u2019 twist as it climbs the charts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6733,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727\/revisions\/6733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}