{"id":1894,"date":"2025-05-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2025-05-05T03:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:07:02","slug":"netflix-viewers-rediscover-00s-sci-fi-thriller-with-unexpected-twist-as-it-climbs-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.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 \u2013 including September 11 and Hurricane Katrina \u2013 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\u2019s last \u2013 and he faces a race against time to get himself and his son (Chandler Canterbury) to safety before it\u2019s 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\u2026 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 \u2018cool\u2019 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 \u2018compelling,\u2019 while Advocate\u2019s John Wirt called it \u2018imperfect but effective.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Guardian\u2019s Peter Bradshaw had much praise for that ending, saying: \u2018Some movies, however unpromising, can be saved by a great ending. Here is one.\u2019<\/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

\u2018Neat ideas, some genuinely creepy sequences, and a quality Nic Cage performance,\u2019 wrote Dottsterisk.<\/p>\n

\u2018I appreciated that the film-makers stuck with what they established until the end,\u2019 said Detroit_Cineaste of the film\u2019s shocking ending.<\/p>\n

\u2018This 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,\u2019 recalled snapthesacc.<\/p>\n

\u2018The ending is a very good part of the movie imo,\u2019 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\u2019s 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\u2019s release, the film\u2019s 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\u2019s gone on to dial up the craziness \u2013 appearing in the likes of Mandy, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Willy\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u2013 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}