Premonition

Premonition


Starring:Cynthia Preston, Adrian Paul, Christopher Lloyd, Blu Mankuma, Rachel Hayward, A.J. Buckley, Heather McEwen, Marie Stillin, Brennan Elliott, Johanna Lebovitz, Rob Lee (II), Philip Granger, Raoul Ganeev, Bill Tarling, Priest, Sheila Paterson, Lane Gates, Carmen Aguirre (II), Barbara Krebesova
Director: Gavin Wilding
Studio: Live / Artisan
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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With the gloomy overcast atmosphere of Seven, a supernatural undercurrent that echoes in films from The Exorcist to The Sixth Sense, and a plot that could have sprung from The X-Files, Gavin Wilding's Premonition is a spooky--if not wholly convincing--story of a rift in the fabric of fate. Canadian actress Cynthia Preston is a young Seattle reporter (that explains the constant drizzle) for a supermarket tabloid of paranormal phenomena, but these fictions are nothing compared to the strange events that erupt around her. Glass and ceramics shatter in her presence, earthquakes and hurricanes erupt around her, and a web of glowing blue energy beams crisscrosses the city above her home. Not that anyone notices, even her morose roommate (Adrian Paul of the Highlander TV series), who picks up the wreckage from their apartment's most recent lashing completely unfazed. It's up to her cynical, disillusioned editor (Christopher Lloyd) to dig through the mysterious pieces of her secret past. Wilding's funereal solemnity almost smothers the story, which loses momentum in a laughable third-act metaphysical "explanation," but the uneasy tension and creepy mood carry the film through even its most unconvincing developments. The film was originally titled the more accurate Convergence (the premonitions here are rare, but the film concludes in an eerie, if all-too-neat convergence of its haunted trio). --Sean Axmaker
Description
When reporter Ali Caine (Cynthia Preston: Whale Music) goes undercover with her partner Morley Allen (Christopher Lloyd: Man on the Moon) to expose the mystery behind a string of supernatural murders, what they unravel is far more gruesome than they ever imagined. Strange coincidences begin to occur - a psychiatric patient predicts the death of Ali's best friend, a young boy bleeds from his hands and feet, and Brady (Adrian Paul: Highlander IV), a man obsessed with death, becomes her new lover. As the fabric of her life begins to unravel, Ali realizes that her past and present are converging head on. Suddenly she must confront the fate that is determined to take its course and claim the life of the one who cheated death.
Premonition (Widescreen Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I liked it!
  • The Things We Can't Control
  • I can't predict how you'll feel if you buy this...
  • Nothing Special
Premonition (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Sandra Bullock , Julian McMahon , Shyann McClure , Courtney Taylor Burness , and Nia Long
Director: Mennan Yapo
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000QGDY0G
Release Date: 2007-07-17

Amazon.com

In Premonition, Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) is living in the Twilight Zone as she experiences recurring dreams of her husband's car crash, mediated by days in which the tragedy hasn't yet happened. By the time Linda does see her husband Jim's (Julian McMahon) death, one feels relieved instead of grievous. Though Premonition mines fascinating material, investigating the ways women in particular have uncanny psychic abilities to predict impending family dangers, Linda's premonitions are so convoluted, even to her, that it is difficult to determine their reality. Unrealistic scenes involving a sadistic psychiatrist and an unwarranted lithium prescription would lead one to question Linda's sanity, but instead add falseness to the story. Irritating sequences in which Linda confides in a priest at the local church, who tells her that faith will heal all, seem like Christian propaganda that completely eradicates any real witchcraft in the story. For a truly scary film about clairvoyance, see Dario Argento's Phenomena. Premonition is a bogus take on psychic prediction, as tearjerking as Ghost was during Patrick Swayze's heyday. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description

Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) has a beautiful house, a loving husband and two adorable daughters. Her life is perfect, until the day she gets the devastating news that her husband Jim (Julian McMahon) has died in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning to find him alive and well, she assumes it as all a dream. Or was it? Suddenly, her perfect life is turned upside down as she begins a desperate scramble to save her family and uncover the truth. Racing against time and fate, Linda will stop at nothing to discover the true meanings of reality and destiny.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I liked it!.......2007-07-03

It was very different and I found it very interesting. Not "Citizen Kane" great or even great but very entertaining. End could have had a better twist but it kept me watching.

4 out of 5 stars The Things We Can't Control.......2007-06-19

Sandra Bullock plays a housewife who finds herself caught between two worlds where she can predict a tragic event before it happens and then where the tragedy has already happened. One day, a police officer comes to her door disclosing the news that her husband was killed in an auto accident. The next day she wakes up, goes downstairs and finds him drinking coffee in the kitchen. Everything seems normal that day until she awakes the next morning to find her friends and family preparing to attend his funeral. Linda(Bullock)continues to feel as if she's in the twilight zone with each waking morning. The days that make up an entire week and the sequence of events that take place within those days come off as choppy and inconsistent until she begins to piece the clues together in an attempt to prevent her husband's death. Without going into more details, Premonition is compelling enough to keep you wondering and guessing what might happen next and which incident could or should follow the other. The end result is a good enough mystery with ties to religion, the supernatural, and twists of fate-some she couldn't change and others, well, you'll see in the end.

3 out of 5 stars I can't predict how you'll feel if you buy this..........2007-06-13

I was one of the few critics who actually enjoyed Sandra Bullock's last time travel film, The Lake House (Widescreen Edition). That one was a romance in the vein of Somewhere in Time (Collector's Edition), while Premonition is a thriller more along the lines of The Forgotten.

Unfortunately, Premonition is no better than The Forgotten (in fact, it has a lot fewer "scares") and uses the same loco logic at the end to explain the terrifying time warp (terrifying for Bullock's character, if not the audience).

The story follows happy housewife Linda Hansen and her hunky hubby Jim (Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon) in their trip through time, following -- and previous to -- Jim's death in a fiery car wreck. Since Linda is the only one aware that the weekdays are all out of order and sometimes repeating themselves with different outcomes, everyone else around her just thinks she's a raving nut-job.

Linda is... sort of cosmically... sent to a psychiatrist (Peter Storemare... c'mon... who'd accept a prescription from that guy?) and put on anti-psychotics. Needless to say, that doesn't help and Linda finds herself jumping all over the calendar again. Unfortunately for loopy Linda, going back and forth in time is hardly helpful -- she's unable to remember what's happened in those alternate realities and is therefore powerless to stop the inevitable.

While there is interesting cinematography and jarring sound design, no amount of visual and aural accoutrements can disguise the fact that not only is Linda's life boring, but so is she. No wonder Jim goes on so many business trips (and we all know what that means!).

The only person who seems to understand what Linda is going through is her priest, who conveniently has several appropriate pages of the Bible bookmarked for her unheralded arrival -- but instead of support, Linda gets a spiritual upbraiding and is sent on her way, answerless.

The same could be said for the audience, many of whom will no doubt exit the theater scratching their heads and cancelling their subscriptions to Christianity Today. Premonition is so bad, there's even a scene mirroring the time when the old nighttime soap Dallas jumped the shark with Bobby Ewing in the shower! And the ending? ...I felt a queasy combination of morning sickness and Deja Vu. **Horror.com's review (2.5 stars)

Staci Layne Wilson

3 out of 5 stars Nothing Special.......2007-06-04

Premonition tells the story of Linda's visions of the future. These hints tell her that Jim, her husband, is going to die in a car crash. Eventually, the viewer will see how the events in her visions tie together. The ending was rather anticlimactic.

I suppose one of the themes "studied" by this film is the notion of fate. Can a person shape the future, or is the future predestined and hence immutable? This issue was also examined in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy. Linda's priest suggested that her visions were the result of faithlessness and that nature abhorred vacuums.

While I understand that some things in life cannot be explained and that religion can provide people comfort in times of hardship and uncertainty, I did not really buy such an explanation. I felt the film did not bring anything new to the table, so to speak. Moreover, there was not enough development into why Jim was tempted to cheat on Linda.
Premonition (Full Screen)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Premonition or Just Plain Crazy?
  • awesome movie
Premonition (Full Screen)
Starring: Sandra Bullock , Julian McMahon , Shyann McClure , Courtney Taylor Burness , and Nia Long
Director: Mennan Yapo
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000QGDY06
Release Date: 2007-07-17

Amazon.com

In Premonition, Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) is living in the Twilight Zone as she experiences recurring dreams of her husband's car crash, mediated by days in which the tragedy hasn't yet happened. By the time Linda does see her husband Jim's (Julian McMahon) death, one feels relieved instead of grievous. Though Premonition mines fascinating material, investigating the ways women in particular have uncanny psychic abilities to predict impending family dangers, Linda's premonitions are so convoluted, even to her, that it is difficult to determine their reality. Unrealistic scenes involving a sadistic psychiatrist and an unwarranted lithium prescription would lead one to question Linda's sanity, but instead add falseness to the story. Irritating sequences in which Linda confides in a priest at the local church, who tells her that faith will heal all, seem like Christian propaganda that completely eradicates any real witchcraft in the story. For a truly scary film about clairvoyance, see Dario Argento's Phenomena. Premonition is a bogus take on psychic prediction, as tearjerking as Ghost was during Patrick Swayze's heyday. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description

Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) has a beautiful house, a loving husband and two adorable daughters. Her life is perfect, until the day she gets the devastating news that her husband Jim (Julian McMahon) has died in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning to find him alive and well, she assumes it as all a dream. Or was it? Suddenly, her perfect life is turned upside down as she begins a desperate scramble to save her family and uncover the truth. Racing against time and fate, Linda will stop at nothing to discover the true meanings of reality and destiny.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Premonition or Just Plain Crazy?.......2007-06-26

One day, everything is fine. The next day, the woman's husband dies in a car crash. The next day, she wakes up, and there he is drinking his morning coffee! The next day, he's dead again and funeral arrangements are being made! Every day of the week is a different day, and they are all mixed up! What is going on? Is the woman crazy, confused, or what?

Be prepared to keep guessing and to keep being wrong until the end of the film!

Sandra Bullock gives a great performance as the grief stricken widow Linda Hanson. This is a film you will want to see more than once to put the pieces together. It's part Sixth Sense, part Lake House, part something totally unique. Great movie!

5 out of 5 stars awesome movie.......2007-06-21

i went to the theater to watch this movie. i was suprised by the movie, it was better than i thought it would be. awesome movie, sandra bullock and julian mcmahon, played cole turner from the wb show charmed, they did a great job. i cant wait until it comes out to buy it, if you havent seen it get it.
Premonition [Blu-ray]
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Premonition [Blu-ray]
    Starring: Sandra Bullock , and Julian McMahon
    Director: Mennan Yapo
    Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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    ASIN: B000QGDYZQ
    Release Date: 2007-07-17

    Amazon.com

    In Premonition, Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) is living in the Twilight Zone as she experiences recurring dreams of her husband's car crash, mediated by days in which the tragedy hasn't yet happened. By the time Linda does see her husband Jim's (Julian McMahon) death, one feels relieved instead of grievous. Though Premonition mines fascinating material, investigating the ways women in particular have uncanny psychic abilities to predict impending family dangers, Linda's premonitions are so convoluted, even to her, that it is difficult to determine their reality. Unrealistic scenes involving a sadistic psychiatrist and an unwarranted lithium prescription would lead one to question Linda's sanity, but instead add falseness to the story. Irritating sequences in which Linda confides in a priest at the local church, who tells her that faith will heal all, seem like Christian propaganda that completely eradicates any real witchcraft in the story. For a truly scary film about clairvoyance, see Dario Argento's Phenomena. Premonition is a bogus take on psychic prediction, as tearjerking as Ghost was during Patrick Swayze's heyday. --Trinie Dalton
    Eyes of Laura Mars
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Laura Mars sees visions of murder.
    • Eyes of Laura Mars
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    • Good Modern Urban Film
    • Great thriller with chic fashion and wonderful acting.....
    Eyes of Laura Mars
    Starring: Faye Dunaway , Tommy Lee Jones , Brad Dourif , Rene Auberjonois , and Raul Julia
    Director: Irvin Kershner
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    Release Date: 2000-07-04

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Laura Mars sees visions of murder........2006-10-28

    Side A is widescreen. Side B is Fullscreen.
    Columbia Pictures presents Eyes of Laura Mars.
    Faye Dunaway is "Laura Mars", a photographer of the unusual. Beautiful female models,in their sexy evening wear, posed in a fake scene of murder.
    Laura has a new gallery book out "The Eyes of mars". A woman she had photographed, Elaine Cassell (Rose Gregorio) was murdered before the Art gallery's opening.
    That night, Laura had a dream of the murder. The next morning, during a photo shoot at Columbus Circle, she had a vivid vision of someone watching her friend, Doris (Meg Mundy). She is worried. As she walks across the street, she suddenly stops. she has a vision of her friend being murdered. As she runs to her friend's apartment, the police have arrived and Doris is dead, just as Laura "saw" it.
    She continues to have more visions.
    Also in the cast: Rene Auberjonois, Raul Julia, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourf, Frank Adonis.

    5 out of 5 stars Eyes of Laura Mars.......2006-08-29

    Excellent movie from start to finish, surprised my girls by letting them watch it with me one night. They kept asking who the killer was boy, weren't they surprised!

    5 out of 5 stars The movie is as exotic as the name.......2006-07-15

    Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is an artist with a unique vision. She stages crime scenes for her unique photography. She has quit an imagination. Or does she? Visiting her gallery is John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones) a police authority. He recognizes her pictures as unpublished actual crimes.

    We must get to the bottom of this. And of course as with all mysteries it is the last person you would suspect. (Sure)

    John Neville, whispering "It's terrifying."
    Laura, "Yes."
    John Neville:, whispering "It's beautiful."
    Laura, "Yes."

    5 out of 5 stars Good Modern Urban Film.......2006-06-04

    Looking back this film made its mark in its day. It seems less a definitive stylistic thriller today since the impact upon its initial release. However, it is a great look at the not to distant past. This was an "in" film, a film you had to see. What I like about it is the location photography, production design and a young Tommy Lee Jones. Times have sure changed right before our eyes.

    5 out of 5 stars Great thriller with chic fashion and wonderful acting............2006-04-30

    I absolutely LOVE this movie, and I am also a fan of Faye Dunaway, who played the title character in this film. Her character (Laura Mars) is a fashion freelance photographer who has a "psychic" ability to see murders taking place from her mind even though she is never at those happenings in person, and whose photographic work is controversial. Tommy Lee Jones, who played Laura's police bodyguard (John Neville), was great as well. It is really shocking to also see a slight trace of nudity in it. Well, it's not considered a pornographic movie because there is not enough nudity in it. It's really amazing to see Faye using a camera in this movie (that's why her character is a photographer). This DVD is excellent. When you put this into your DVD player, you have the option of watching the movie in either widescreen or full screen (I prefer widescreen mostly; but then again, it doesn't hurt to see it in full screen once in a while). You also have the option of seeing the movie with Irvin Kershner's directorial commentary. He did a great job on his commentary, because it's almost like you're watching the movie with him. There is also a featurette called "Visions", which describes the making of the movie. And, there is also a photo gallery (with interesting photos) with the DVD producer describing how some of the things differ from the script and the finalized movie. Barbra Streisand had declined to play the title character in this movie, but did agree to sing the title theme from the movie, "Prisoner". Even though Barbra declined to star in the film, I strongly believe that she did a great job singing the "Prisoner" theme. The other music heard in the film is wonderful as well, with some well known disco grooves and some incidental instrumental music. I have the soundtrack album of this movie on LP, and I think it is so appalling that it has not become available on CD. I hope Columbia/Sony Music can get it issued sometime. Great movie....see it!!
    Premonition
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Not as good as I was hoping
    • I Liked It..........
    • Premonition: You'll Want To Cancel This Newspaper Subscription--A Look At Two Japanese Horror Films
    • good solid horror movie
    • Newspaper Obituraries Of The Future
    Premonition
    Starring: Hiroshi Mikami , Noriko Sakai , Maki Horikita , Mayumi Ono , and Kei Yamamoto
    Director: Norio Tsuruta
    Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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    ASIN: B0009KQOZQ
    Release Date: 2005-07-05

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    They are used to tell the past, but for a few unlucky individuals, they foretell the future. When Hideki picks up a newspaper he knows what he will see...death. Foretelling ill-omened fate of everything from slayings to train crashes, there is nothing Hideki can do to stop the event... or is there? When the paper predicts the demise of his daughter in a car crash, Hideki seeks out other like himself, searching for a way to change the future.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Not as good as I was hoping.......2007-05-17

    I've watched alot of great asian horror movies, but this was not one of them. The story though interesting failed to keep me entertained and the ending could have ended 2 or 3 times before it finally did. But I have to say it had some good plot twists and a great idea for a movie. Watch this movie I just say rent before you buy, I may have enjoyed it the first time but I couldn't sit through it again.

    5 out of 5 stars I Liked It.................2007-03-26

    very good movie and something a original (although now the US is making their version of it). a man sees in the paper a story of this daughters death two minutes before it happens. his daughter dies and he ends up divorcing his wife. his wife takes up studying stories of a newspaper which has terrorized people by showing them future events to come. the two pair up and try to find out the origins of the paper. definately worth a watch!

    4 out of 5 stars Premonition: You'll Want To Cancel This Newspaper Subscription--A Look At Two Japanese Horror Films.......2007-01-14

    To be upfront, I'm not a huge fan of Americanized remakes of Japanese ghost stories or supernatural thrillers. You can keep "The Ring," "Dark Water," "Pulse" and "The Grudge"--to me, it's just hokum with little reason or rationale. You could make a shot-for-shot remake, and I'd still prefer the original. Why? I don't know, maybe it's just a bias. The Japanese ghost story has such a long history in film, maybe I've become accustomed to it--I'm seeing an evolution of the genre and it seems more natural. That doesn't mean that the plots make any more sense, but the films are generally better at evoking a mood and a sense of dread. Having recently seen two such entries in the Japanese horror lexicon, "Premonition" and "Infection," I was once again caught up in creepy goings-on and otherworldly intrigues. Both films are entertaining, if somewhat problematic, and will likely be enjoyed by those who appreciate this sort of thing.

    From a technical standpoint, "Premonition" is probably the stronger of the two films. When a family on vacation stops to use a pay phone, the father stumbles on a newspaper portending the death of his daughter. Within a minute, this happens in a harrowing and well executed sequence. Some years later, the couple has separated and both are still haunted by the incident. The husband, in particular, has not recovered from the strange newspaper--no one has believed in its existence. The wife, working in the field of mental phenomena, starts to realize that perhaps her husband isn't delusional--just as he starts to be alerted with further premonitions. United, they try to piece together the history of the newspaper and some of the people who have encountered similar visions. The film evolves into a treatise on sacrifice, mental illness, and whether you can change destiny.

    "Infection," on the other hand, is set in a dilapidated and understaffed hospital. A crew of incompetent personnel face inexperience and lack of supplies that cause a neglect of patient care. After the accidental death of a patient and a cover-up of its particulars, they must then face a patient who is literally dissolving with an unknown infection. Needless to say, the infection soon starts to spread--and the staff ends up battling for survival. This is a fun, if not very believable, setup and the resultant film is notable for its hysterics as well as its horror. After a bit of a lark, though, the film tries for a double-twist ending and a meaningful conclusion.

    Ultimately, I enjoyed both films. "Premonition" boasts great lead performances, develops a believable chemistry between its stars, and follows through with an interesting ethical dilemma. "Infection" is loopier, more cheesy fun. A lot of people were put off by how unrealistic the hospital setting was--but I actually think this enhances the film. Neither film has a gore or real fright content, they are more about unseen and uncontrollable powers. And while "Premonition" flows to a somewhat logical conclusion, "Infection" seems not to know when to end. It has two different logical conclusions, but passes both of them up for one that is less effective--in my opinion. Anyway, you know if you like this sort of thing or not--either or both are worth checking out. "Premonition" is about 4 stars, while "Infection" is at 3 1/2 (although I found most of it crazy and fun!) KGHarris, 01/07.

    5 out of 5 stars good solid horror movie.......2006-11-26

    this movie was more on the lines of thriller...but it was very good and very entertaining...a few scarry jump parts....but overall...i have to say it should deff be among the top asain horrors

    5 out of 5 stars Newspaper Obituraries Of The Future.......2006-08-06

    I have always been one who believes that the nuances or suggestion of horror is more terrifying than the actual telling of horror itself. In the film "Premonition" (aka Yogen) director Norio Tsuruta has done just that. He has given the viewer a film which shows, not tells, the viewer just what horror really is: A nightmare in which the protagonist cannot fight the unforseen forces of the spirit world. In this case, the foreknowledge of those who will die, and his inability to intercede. The film starts off innocently enough. We have a family that has just returned from a short outing to see the grandparents. On the drive home, however, things are about to become a bit sinister.

    Hideki Satomi (Hiroshi Mikami) is an up-and-coming promising and gifted professor. And on his journey home he is busy as ever trying to keep up with the work of his profession. Not wanting to fall behind in his work, he takes it with him. And although his wife Ayaka (Noriko Sakai) finds this annoying, she relents to his request to find a telephone booth along the side of the road, as his laptop computer needs a plug-in when the batteries begin to wane: But with the promise that he will leave his work behind afterwards and enjoy the trip home.

    Finding a telephone booth, Ayaka pulls over so Hideki can send his latest work to the university. While waiting for his computer to download the information, he notices a newspaper clipping at the base of the telephone. Opening it up, he is startled to find his daughters picture on the front foretelling her death. Shocked, he hesitates while looking out of the phonebooth and the car with his daughter inside. Suddenly, a truck slams across the road into the family car. Tragically the daughter dies. But there is more tragedy for him in the future. Hideki's life has intersected with the unknown forces of the spirit world. He has now been given the gift, or in this case, the curse of the foreknowledge of death.

    Furthermore, this family tragedy will not be the last. Hideki's life takes a tragic turn as he and his wife will eventually divorce. Blaming himself for the death of his child, he shuts everyone out of his life. However, the newspapers never stop coming. He refuses to read them, and goes so far as to even having the windows of his apartment covered from seeing these 'Fear Newspapers' when they slap up against his windows. But he is about to take a different route, which will also alter his life. Knowing that these future events are about to occur, he ponders: Can they be prevented? And if so, will he be successful?

    This is where the film takes the suggestion and nuance of horror to a different height and gives the viewer a suspenseful film. Maybe he can alter the future? But at what cost? Is there a danger in interfering with the unforseen spirit world? And are there consequences for interfering? His former wife comes to see him; as she is now working for a paranormal research center, and she has come across some interesting and creepy information concerning these 'Fear Newspapers'

    It appears that Hideki is not the only one who knows of these newspaper premonitions. Ayaka has met a gifted pyschic who knows about these newspapers; but refuses to divulge any of this information to Ayaka, as those who do meet an unfortunate death: A death I might add that is very unpleasant. As Hideki and Ayaka journey on their quest to find out more about these newspaper premonitions, Hideki knows what he must do. And in doing so, he puts his life in jeopardy. I thought that "Premonition" was a wonderful film. They are the type of films that I wish were done more often.

    There are excellent special effects in this film, and the cinematography is outstanding. There is no gore in this film, but there are plenty of creepy and suspensful twists that make "Premonition" one of the better horror films in the genre. I know many people who do not appreciate this film, however, I believe the film works on many levels and I highly recommend it for those who wish to add it to their horror collection. This film is creepy in the way it handles the nuances of horror and terror. I highly recommend you purchase the film. It deserves a watch in any case.
    Premonition
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    5 out of 5 stars Grande.......2006-07-04

    Eres Grande John Fogerty, espere 20 años para ver un video tuyo, ojala te pudiera conocer en vivo para darte las gracias de ser parte de mi formaciòn en mi vida..

    Grandes recuerdos desde Down on the Corner

    Gracias por darme juventud ahora, espero verte en Viejas !!
    Consigueme un Boleto para retrarme contigo !!!

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    5 out of 5 stars " Premonition Is Number One Of All John Fogerty's Concerts.......2006-06-23

    Saw this dvd for sale on amazon.Always been a great Creedance fan.Dvd Is a very rare to find Import now: I bought it when my dvd arrived. I noticed on the back of the artwork the bottom was written In german language:Also On the disc was english with german.The top part of the artwork was written in english.Had 22 songs listed on back with some wrong spelling.Thought I had a bootleg. Tested it in my computer was a silver pressed dvd.Noticed on top of disc it had John Fogerty.No bootleg here only a Import now as listed.Played It on my dvd player It really turned me and my friends into dancing freeks.WOW!!! John was rocking.What a show for more than a hour and a half!! Went back on amazon a seller had more Premonitions for sale! I bought 3 more for my friends.Who cares Just about everything you buy today Is a Import" Sometimes they are not written perfect that is why they are Imports. I have other Import dvds that have a different language on artwork & dvd! They play awesome for me.I am happy with the 5.1 Dolby Surround coming out of all my 4 speakers.If you see it buy it very rare to find.I Don't care about the little things Its how the dvd plays: I give this dvd a 10+: Rocking With John!!!!

    5 out of 5 stars Premonition" Is The Best Of John Fogerty, In DVD's.......2006-06-21

    Premonition, Is the best dvd Of John Fogerty I have ever owned. He rocks all out in his performance. In front of a Live Audience In this 5.1 Dolby sound.Just put in your dvd player.The vocals John bellows out is hard to describe WOW.Also his actions speak lounder than words.The many guitars he plays in this dvd will blow you away. Like it did with me and my friends. Dvd Is so great you have no choice only to dance with John. Sound Is Excellent,Picture also.Now I see John has a new dvd out.Seen John Play 2 songs on Amazons review page.Something is wrong here has a much younger high pitched voice.Sometimes Inaudiable looks and sounds like he has taken a youth drug.Looks like someone wound him up forgot to unwind him. Out of both Dvd's I give Premonition a 10+ The other dvd Coming home a 2- Do not believe this dvd was made in 2006.John looks and acts too young voice is not the same.Actions not the same as in his Premonition DVD from 1997.Second live performance he ever made. Makes this a true Collectable for any John Fogerty fans.If you find Premonition buy It.Own a treasure of John Fogertys second performance he ever made. Premonition" The Best of both Dvds.There Is nothing John will ever do again. Never will this 2006 Dvd ever compare to " Premonition"

    5 out of 5 stars The Best Of John Fogerty A DVD To Have 10+ Stars.......2006-06-12

    Premonition By John Fogerty, Is by far the best Import dvd I have ever seen. There is nothing John will ever make again that can compare to Premonition.Filmed In front of a live audience at Warner Bros Studios. December 12th & 13th,1997. John The Man Rocks all Out In 5.1 Dolby.This rare New Import dvd Is very hard to find.I bought three of them on Amazon.I give John and his Band 10 + Stars. John Fogerty's Premonition" Is the best Import dvd you will ever own.There will never be another dvd like this one" History In the making a true collectable for his fans"What more can I say.This Import dvd made my J.F collection of his older dvds complete.If you see it buy it.I bought all of my Import dvds from a highly rated seller on amazon.Watch for feedback on the seller when purchasing anything In dvds, books, Cds.

    5 out of 5 stars Fogerty is the Real Deal.......2006-02-03

    I agree with the previous reviewer. If anyone detects a lip sync problem with this disk, it has nothing to do with the performance ability of John Fogerty. This guy is the real deal through and through. I saw John at the House of Blues in New Orleans a few weeks before hurricane Katrina. He played over two hours with no breaks and barely a sip of water. He is an absolute master of the rock and roll guitar. By all means, buy the DVD, but better yet do yourself a favor and see his live performance. Fogerty is a musical genius.
    The Mothman Prophecies (Special Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    ASIN: B00008WJEK
    Release Date: 2003-05-27

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    Described by director Mark Pellington as "a psychological mystery with naturally surreal overtones," The Mothman Prophecies begins like an ambitious episode of The X-Files. Richard Gere brings adequate torment, portent, and ambiguity to his role as a Washington Post reporter and grieving widower plagued by a mysterious, unseen urban legend known as the Mothman. Pellington develops subtle doom and gloom that's as effective as the paranoid streak he brought to Arlington Road. As the Mothman terrifies a West Virginia town, he remains an enigma, glimpsed almost subliminally. This--along with a magnificently creepy soundtrack--amplifies the movie's surreal overtones while keeping everything else (unsettling phone calls, prophesied disasters, suggestions of the afterlife) completely unexplained. With Laura Linney and Debra Messing in underdeveloped roles, The Mothman Prophecies feels a bit underdeveloped itself (and ends in desperate need of Mulder and Scully). But if you like your weirdness open-ended, this moody thriller's worth a look. --Jeff Shannon

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    4 out of 5 stars Heads are spinning.......2007-05-15

    Richard Gere plays a husband who can't figure out how his life was suddenly turned upside down by an unidentified, winged creature in this Science Fiction/Thriller. When his wife sees a strange image that causes her car accident, husband and wife are both haunted by an entity that appears to have 'noticed it's been noticed'. The question is, what does this entity plan to do about it and why? Gere stars as a reporter who must seek the answers to these strange questions, but in doing so will he destroy his own sanity?

    Chrissy K. McVay - Author

    3 out of 5 stars Slow-Moving But Decent.......2007-02-01

    I liked The Mothman Prophecies but I think it was a mistake to try to tie this movie in as much as it was with the hysterical tall tales that arose after the Silver Bridge collapse at Kanauga, Ohio/Point Pleasant, West Virginia in December 1967. In doing that, filmmakers unintentionally detracted from their genuinely eerie plot and instead left themselves open to constant, kvetching criticism that "none of that happened!" Of course it didn't. This is a movie. Duh. Leaving all that behind, The Mothman Prophecies is a fun film to watch even if it could have sped its pace up a bit. The "Chap Stick" scene was one part giggly funny and three parts chills down your back spooky, and it was little moments like those that made the supernatural elements work when they could easily have been overpowered by the investigative overtones that held the story together. I also felt the entire movie was somehow a subtle homage to The X-Files, with Richard Gear coming close to playing up on the old "Wow, David Duchovny looks like him" talk, but he was ultimately so upstaged by Laura Linney's performance that it's easy to miss that. This is a good movie but not a classic. It's well worth seeing once or twice, and it will probably give susceptible people the creeps. Not quite four stars but a little better than three.

    4 out of 5 stars Does The Future Already Exist ?.......2007-01-28

    This story gets involved with the issue of 'precognition' which is the ability of someone (or some 'thing' in this case) to be able to see and foretell the future.

    This is an interesting subject.

    Some people believe that it is possible not only to see other times but to travel there physically.

    One theory is if you travel back in time and for example kill your parents we wouldn't notice the effect of your actions in this time but you would have created an alternate history. A 'parrallel' time.

    What does this mean ? I have no idea.

    But it raises the question of how can it be possible to see the future unless the future already exists in some form ? Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to see the future now because something could happen to change it.

    This is all far beyond human comprehension but anyway the hero of this story is involved with some sort of force or creature who can predict the future.

    The creature has been interacting with the population of a small town using telephones, visions, dreams, apparitions, etc.. The usual bridges to other dark dimensions.

    But the moth man creature never comes out and says exactly what's going to happen. It just gives small clues and glimpses. That's where the 'adventure' comes in.

    The opening credits indicate the story is based on actual events. Doing that in and of itself creates problems with this type of story.

    Like many horror / new age type movies this story walks a fine line between being suspenseful and being utterly rediculous.

    Supposedly the mysterious Great Pyramid tells the destiny of our human race encoded in the markings on the walls inside the pyramid.

    Perhaps our future is really 'written in stone'.

    Jeff Marzano

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    3 out of 5 stars It's All a Bit Muddled........2007-01-24

    I've never read the novel that THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is based upon. I am, however, familiar with the events that took place between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. I first heard about The Mothman when I was in the second grade and read a book about monsters in the United States. The story scared me so much that for days I had nightmares and was afraid of looking out of windows. I soon conquered my fear, but in doing so, forgot about Mothman. That was until I saw a special about the creature and Point Pleasant on the Sci-Fi channel a couple years ago. It was through that show that I learned a movie, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES had been made about the events surrounding the 1966-1967 events in Point Pleasant. I finally got around to watching the movie recently.

    The movie takes place in a modern setting and revolves around a man named John Klein (Richard Gere), a successful journalist for the Washington Post. John and his wife Mary (Debra Messing) finally find and agree to purchase their dream home. On their way home after the meeting, Mary sees a winged creature with red eyes jump at her and swerves off the road onto a sidewalk. John is fine, but Mary sustains a severe head wound which leads doctors to discovering a tumor in her brain. Not long after, she dies.

    Two years later, John is driving out of D.C. and in less than two hours discovers that somehow he's traveled over 400 miles and is outside the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. When he approaches a nearby house, he is held at gunpoint by the home's owner until the police arrive. It seems that a man looking just like John has been knocking on their door for the past two evenings at 2:30am. A local police officer, Connie (Laura Linney) arrives on the scene and calms the situation. Connie isn't surprised by John's story because in the last few months in Point Pleasant a lot of strange things have been happening: strange lights, vivid dreams, haunting voices, bizarre physical illnesses, etc. The most unusual of the events are the reports and sightings of a creature the locals have begun referring to as The Mothman: a giant humanoid with wings and large red eyes. Upon seeing drawings of the creature, John is reminded of Mary and the sketches she drew of the creature she saw. He knows they are one and the same and John sets out to find how deep the connection goes and what exactly the mothman's purpose is.

    THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is a well directed film with some very talented actors. I like director Mark Pellington's film ARLINGTON ROAD and I really enjoy Laura Linney's work (though I could care less about Richard Gere). However, I really didn't enjoy the movie. To begin with, the film takes place in a modern setting while the events at Point Pleasant, which is what the film is based upon, occurred in the late 1960s. I thought the movie was going to be a period piece, but it turned out to be no such thing. Though there is a basic plot, the movie is highly disjointed with quick cuts moving from one scene and setting to another. I understand that this was done purposely as a way to produce the confusion the citizens and John feels in the audience, but I simply found it frustrating. Also, even though the Mothman can be seen several times in the movie, he is never seen clearly or in his entirety. Once again, I believe this is done for affect, but I wish the creature would have been seen clearly at least once. It might have just been me, but I found the deep friendship that developed between John and Gordon Smallwood (Will Patton) to be completely unbelievable. Actually, I found the whole idea of how John was able to become almost a citizen of Point Pleasant to be unrealistic. I'm from a small town and yes small town people are very friendly welcoming, but they are also very protective. I don't think the people of the town would have adopted John as quickly as they seem to do in the movie.

    THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is often found in the horror isle of the local video store, but the movie isn't a horror movie. It's more of a psychological thriller/suspense tale.

    Overall, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is the type of movie that you might enjoy if you like one of the actors that stars in the film or if you're a fan of the director. I'd also recommend it to people who have an interest in the event that took place at Point Pleasant, though remember that the film is set in the present and doesn't offer any real suggestions about anything (it also avoids the whole UFO and G-men that were also seen in the area). For the casual movie watcher, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES will probably be a mixed bag with just as many people liking it as there are who didn't enjoy it. Watch at your own risk.

    1 out of 5 stars Could have been a lot better.......2007-01-20

    Richard Gere should retire and I would like to know who Debra Messing is related to, the girl is so one trick pony. Well I think the mothman should have made an apprearance during the film. But sll you hear is his/its voice on the telephone, I guess he had a lot of quarters
    The Unexplained - ESP, Dreams and Disasters
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      Devil's Island
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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      Starring: Baltasar Kormákur , Gísli Halldórsson , Sigurveig Jónsdóttir , Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir , and Sveinn Geirsson
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      Release Date: 2000-07-05

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      From the director of Cold Fever comes a bittersweet tale of Iceland at the dawn of its independence. Set in the 1950s in an abandoned Army barracks, Devil's Island follows two brothers, Baddi and Danni, who are brought up by their grandparents.

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      4 out of 5 stars A Depressing Film Well Acted and Directed.......2005-12-04

      This is a depressing, largely nonjudgmental film about a family which probably would be called trailer trash if they lived in America instead of Iceland. It's the Fifties, and Devil's Island is the name of a former U. S. military base near Reykjavik the Americans have abandoned. It has become the home of hundreds of poor Icelanders as families have moved into the decaying quonset huts. Cast-off lumber, sheets of tin, rocks and trash litter the place. It's too cold for mud, but pools of icy water collect along the dirt streets. There's not a speck of green anywhere.

      Among the families is a grim, elderly, harsh grandmother who believes she can predict the future, her unhappy, unshaven husband, their loose-living daughter with two sons and a daughter of her own. In time the grandparents see their daughter marry an American serviceman and move to Kansas City. They continue to live in the squalor of Devil's Island with their grandchildren. Time passes. Then one of the sons, Baddi (Baltasar Kormakus), a selfish grown delinquent with lots of attitude, flies off to visit his mother and her now well-off husband. He returns with a used red Cadillac with fins, a leather jacket, a greasy pompadour, dark glasses and with no respect for anyone except Elvis Presley. His brother, Dani (Sveian Geirsson), however, is shy, quiet and stays close to home. Baddi drinks, carouses and makes life hell for everyone. He usually brings his drunken buddies and their girls back home to continue to party. Dani eventually breaks away, learns to fly and begins to assert himself. By the end of the movie one major character is dead and not much about the family, the quality of their life or the trouble and unpleasantness that Baddi brings with him in everything he does has changed. Baddi doesn't appear to have learned anything except self-pity, and is probably going to slip even further into alcholism-fueled depression. The quonset huts now are being torn down and the families of Devil's Island are being moved into multi-floor concrete apartment boxes which look even more character-destroying than what they are replacing.

      This is a movie that is part black-comedy, but there's not much to smile at. Devil's Island is more often harsh than gentle, more often ironic than humorous. The look of the film is outstanding, but it places you in a physical environment you wouldn't want to visit much less live in. The redeeming qualities center around Dani, who manages to find a life after being overshadowed for years by his brother's braggadocio, and by the grandfather, Tomi, played by Gisli Halldorsson. The last shot of the movie is of Tomi walking away toward a job, whistling. There may not be much to whistle about in his life, but he finds something. I'm glad I watched the movie and I don't regret buying it, but I'm not sure how many times I'll return to it. The DVD transfer is very good.

      3 out of 5 stars excess.......2005-03-23

      Ultimately this is a kind of cautionary tale about embracing excesses to the point of self-destruction and also seeing the true goodness in people. As Americans begin leaving some WWII era barracks empty in post-war Iceland, Icelanders begin occupying them. Coming to terms with their new-found independence, Iceland looks to move forward... Some Icelanders embrace American ways and indeed Americans, even marrying them and moving to the US. In the story, two young men, Baddi and Danni are reared by their grandparents as their mother marries an American and moves to the States. The well-known Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur plays Baddi, the more gregarious of the two brothers. Danni, played by Sveinn Geirsson, is more reserved but more sensitive. Baddi eventually leaves to go to America, and when he returns with his "cool American clothes and car" he brings with him a certain appeal, otherness, likeability. He becomes instantly popular and the object of worship for the not so well off population of the barracks. A certain status is conferred upon him because he has attained a kind of worldliness the others can only dream about. Danni lives in Baddi's shadow, and for all of Baddi's endless talk of moving to America and achieving all these high falutin' dreams, Danni's quiet sensitivity and intensity pay off. Overlooked he might be, but he does achieve his dreams, while Baddi lets the excess he lives in go to his head, and he wastes his life becoming a lazy, violent, intimidating drunk. He also becomes rather jealous of Danni's success, but would never put in the hard work and perseverance Danni invested to make his dreams come true. The story does not have the happiest of endings, but it is nevertheless an interesting period piece with a kind of "lesson" and an excellent introduction/overview of Iceland during the inception of its independence.

      4 out of 5 stars Escaping Icelandic Poverty..........2004-04-23

      In the years after World War II the American military forces keep a base on an Icelandic island, however, they move it away from Reykjavik. The abandoned barracks are offered to the homeless of Iceland as they can seek shelter from the biting winters. The Devil's Island depicts the poor people in this area, where they live, and how they deal with daily struggles where hope of leaving seems like a wishful dream. Nonetheless, there are always ways of escaping the nagging pain of poverty, and those who escape the social environment are either hated or adored. Devil's Island is an interesting film about a situation that many never would have known of unless Fridrikkson directed this film, which offers a good cinematic experience.

      5 out of 5 stars Rock 'n Roll comes to Iceland.......2004-02-25

      I saw this movie ca. 1995 in Oslo with Norwegian subtitles, the only Icelandic movie I know and a shame I haven't had the chance to see others. The movie depicts the relative wealth and attractiveness of American servicemen from Keflavik in the context of the extreme poverty of Icelanders living in an old quanset hut. The Icelanders can, of course, speak some English and the Americans can, also realistically, speak no Icelandic. Big, loud old American cars, rock and roll, and the desire to escape the crushing poverty. The film is memorable, and for another Icelandic viewpoint on the early drive toward globalization, read "The Atom Station" by Haldor Laxness.

      Icelandic is a beautiful language, essentially the Norwegian of a thousand years ago, the Viking era. I don't understand it but wish I did!
      Premonition
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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      • Premonition
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      • "I have a bad Premonition about this."
      Premonition
      Starring: Cynthia Preston , Adrian Paul , Christopher Lloyd , Blu Mankuma , and Rachel Hayward
      Director: Gavin Wilding
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      ASIN: B00004U28R
      Release Date: 2000-08-15

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      With the gloomy overcast atmosphere of Seven, a supernatural undercurrent that echoes in films from The Exorcist to The Sixth Sense, and a plot that could have sprung from The X-Files, Gavin Wilding's Premonition is a spooky--if not wholly convincing--story of a rift in the fabric of fate. Canadian actress Cynthia Preston is a young Seattle reporter (that explains the constant drizzle) for a supermarket tabloid of paranormal phenomena, but these fictions are nothing compared to the strange events that erupt around her. Glass and ceramics shatter in her presence, earthquakes and hurricanes erupt around her, and a web of glowing blue energy beams crisscrosses the city above her home. Not that anyone notices, even her morose roommate (Adrian Paul of the Highlander TV series), who picks up the wreckage from their apartment's most recent lashing completely unfazed. It's up to her cynical, disillusioned editor (Christopher Lloyd) to dig through the mysterious pieces of her secret past. Wilding's funereal solemnity almost smothers the story, which loses momentum in a laughable third-act metaphysical "explanation," but the uneasy tension and creepy mood carry the film through even its most unconvincing developments. The film was originally titled the more accurate Convergence (the premonitions here are rare, but the film concludes in an eerie, if all-too-neat convergence of its haunted trio). --Sean Axmaker

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      When reporter Ali Caine (Cynthia Preston: Whale Music) goes undercover with her partner Morley Allen (Christopher Lloyd: Man on the Moon) to expose the mystery behind a string of supernatural murders, what they unravel is far more gruesome than they ever imagined. Strange coincidences begin to occur - a psychiatric patient predicts the death of Ali's best friend, a young boy bleeds from his hands and feet, and Brady (Adrian Paul: Highlander IV), a man obsessed with death, becomes her new lover. As the fabric of her life begins to unravel, Ali realizes that her past and present are converging head on. Suddenly she must confront the fate that is determined to take its course and claim the life of the one who cheated death.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars it's okay for a rental.......2005-08-21

      the ending leaves you with the thought of a parallel universe. It was like a time warp and "what if" things turned out this way?

      1 out of 5 stars ugh........2001-09-20

      this movie was awful. it made no sense whatsoever. i watched this movie twice, and it STILL made no sense. if i could i would give it negative stars. it BLEW!

      5 out of 5 stars Premonition.......2001-07-30

      This movie. is good. And most of the stuff that "happened" in this movie does happen. ive seen it. I dont care if you believe me or not. this movie is really good. great. Watch it with an open mind. You might find something out.

      4 out of 5 stars `Se7en or Sixth Sense?.......2001-07-23

      Premonition is a good thriller in the line of Se7en but with a something like The Sixth Sense, also it has a good cast and direction.

      1 out of 5 stars "I have a bad Premonition about this.".......2000-08-15

      Originally titled "Convergence," "Premonition" seems like a brainchild of Chris Carter, or something of a homage to his creations, "The X-Files" and "Millennium." It is a supernatural thriller on the order of "End of Days" and "Stigmata," and it's just as bad as both.

      The movie follows two tabloid journalists searching for the next big story. Christopher Lloyd plays Morley Allen, the skeptical Fox Mulder (from the fifth season of "The X-Files") who specializes in the extraordinary and the supernatural. Like Mulder, he's searching for the Truth: What is the Reason, the Purpose, the Answer? Lloyd has more than a passing resemblance to Lance Henriksen's Frank Black of "Millennium" with his dark clothing, dour demeanor and permanent scowl. Perhaps Henriksen had better things to do than reprise a similar role.

      The second journalist is Ali Caine, played by Cynthia Preston. Her innocent beauty belies a shady and mysterious past that even she has a hard time understanding. Unlike Dana Scully to Mulder or Emma Hollis to Black, Ali is a poor counterpoint to Morley. She is the vulnerable victim of the horror genre, the stereotypical blonde in distress.

      In their investigations, the two encounter a institutionalized boy, who can foresee the deaths of people, and a man (Adrian Paul) obsessed with death who finds beauty in the lifeless form. Somehow there is a connection or a convergence that links these four characters. But, in the end, nothing makes sense.

      Faced with all the facts at the conclusion, even Morley echoes my sentiments when he says, "I just don't understand." And I can hear the director's defense when John (Blu Mankuma), Morley's friend and the local coffee shop owner, replies, "There's nothing to understand. It just is."

      As it is, "Premonition" is not a good movie. It tries very hard to be creepy with its musical score and its bleak-gray photography of an always-raining Seattle (coincidentally, the original setting of "Millennium"). Even the voice-over narration attempts to give the movie a film noir feel. But in all cases, "Premonition" fails. After all, what can you expect from a movie that sums up its premise with "There's nothing to understand. Understanding [doesn't] really matter."

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