ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT on DVD: Knowing, Push, The Unborn Unleashed

RT on DVD: Knowing, Push, The Unborn Unleashed

Plus, rapper-director Sticky Fingaz's mind-blowing debut trailer, Reno 911 and more!

by Jen Yamato | July 06, 2009

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It's a genre lover's feast this week on DVD, but don't say we didn't warn you about those pesky rotten Tomatometers. First up? Alex Proyas's latest science fiction thriller, starring Nicolas Cage in a doomsday scenario (Knowing). Also new is a would-be franchise about super-powered humans on the lam from shady government types (Push, starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning). David S. Goyer tries his hand at an original story, resulting in silly, PG-13 horror (The Unborn), while one of our favorite '90s rappers gives directing a shot (A Day in The Life, filmed entirely in rhyme!). If all else fails, look backward to a handful of older titles getting a shiny new polish (Beau Geste, The Deep on Blu-ray). Dig in!

Knowing -- 32%

Unless you're an avowed Alex Proyas fan, his latest science fiction thriller, Knowing, is likely to underwhelm. (But who knows? Roger Ebert, one of the lone critics to champion Proyas's Dark City, found Knowing to be "frightening, suspenseful, [and] intelligent.") Most critics agreed that Knowing -- about a professor (Nicolas Cage) who discovers that a series of numerical codes have predicted major disasters for decades, with more to come -- is simultaneously absurd and overly serious, although its CG-enhanced set pieces are a wonder to behold. Silly or no, those spectacular subway and plane crash scenes will, morbidly, look great on Blu-ray; glean insights from Proyas himself in a commentary track and behind-the-scenes featurettes on the making of the film.

Next: Dakota Fanning, superhero? Push hits DVD

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:23 PM

I actually thought Knowing was good, yes it was overly serious cheesy at times, but it had a lot of redeaming factors. It does have a lot of interesting ideas and the ending made the movie a lot better, although your either love or hate the ending. The disaster scenes are also great except for the weak CGI. I'll probably rent it, I wouldn't buy, but I definitely want to listen to the Proyas commentary. I'll avoid everything else until July 21st until... Watchmen: Director's Cut and Coraline!

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:39 PM

Yeah, I'm holding out for Watchmen too. Nothing for me this week.

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MovieMaster writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:41 PM

Knowing was pretty good. I absolutely hate Nicolas Cage but he didn't do too bad here. I had to give it a 5/10 though because the last 30 minutes were terrible. Push was even worse and I hate that I even saw it. A Day in the Life looks like an interesting movie not to mention Sticky Fingaz is one of my all time favorite rappers so I'll definately check that out.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:42 PM

This Week is LOSE for new stuff. Sigh.

But next week: [REC], 12, and THE HORSEMEN (ANYTHING with Zhang Ziyi!).

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:46 PM

(I mean, next week has lots of other films than those I listed. Next week is win!)

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:48 PM

zzzzz...wha, oh I'm sorry. This weeks movies put me to sleep.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jul 06 2009 05:56 PM

Isn't the new Green Lantern animated movie coming out soon.

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Anna L. writes:
on Jul 06 2009 07:16 PM

Look, I was confused enough that Roger Ebert gave Knowing four stars. More confused when the movie made a profit. Chances of the movie being the top rental this week? Fair.

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Magic is Might writes:
on Jul 06 2009 07:22 PM

Three weeks big brother, i think it is the 27th or something like that. Good to see the best DC character get some love.

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Chris B. writes:
on Jul 06 2009 07:29 PM

Push was stupid. I want to see Knowing though.

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ColinTheCimmerian writes:
on Jul 06 2009 08:07 PM

Knowing was better than it looked in advertisements, though I think Jokerboy is right that the ending is very much a love-it-or-hate-it thing. Personally, I thought it was a pretty clever film, except for one hell of a big leap in logic that allows for the plot to proceed as it does. Cage is a hit-or-miss actor but I think he was more hit than miss in this one, though it was by no means his best work. I gave it a 6/10 after seeing it once.

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Jack Waters writes:
on Jul 06 2009 08:38 PM

OMG! Sticky Fingaz trailer was so funny! Do they rap like that the whole movie. And what was with the doll baby!? I wish Michael Rappaport would become a rapper he sounded funny! Damn, I kinda feel like watching the movie just to find out if they rap like that the whole movie. That's so stupid.

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man in the water writes:
on Jul 06 2009 08:45 PM

I enjoyed Knowing, the crash scenes were quite riveting, and I did really enjoy the ending. But Watchmen Director's Cut is definitely the highlight of the month. I'm seeing it in theattres first, on the 17th, then getting the DVD, a few days later. It's a big-screen movie for me, so theatre is a must

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GST writes:
on Jul 06 2009 08:46 PM

I'll probably rent Knowing at some point, but god Nick Cage looks like such in idiot in the trailers and posters.

Push, definitely not renting.

LOL! I heard The Unborn was absolutely horrific (and a great unintentional comedy) from everybody I know who's seen it. So I may rent that one sometime in the future for laughs.

Reno 911! Is funny but not worth the expense, I think.

Don't know what to say about the classic movie releases.

Perhaps I'm insane, but Night Train does sound kind of fun... you never know what you can find in direct to dvd movies.

Ok, why the hell is The Deep getting a blu-ray release? What idiot at sony thought that would be a good idea.

As for A Day in the Life, well, while it sounds interesting, its not something I'm gonna rush out and get.

These last weeks in DVD releases haven't been to great, have they?

And ditto to the others who mentioned it! So excited for Watchmen: Director's Cut, and Coraline.

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man in the water writes:
on Jul 06 2009 08:57 PM

and yeah that sticky fingaz trailer was ROTFLMAO funny, but 3 minutes felt like forever while watching

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thisdisplayname writes:
on Jul 06 2009 09:27 PM

There were a few things in Knowing that bothered me, but other than that I found it suspenseful and incredibly entertaining... until the end. If the ending wasn't so terrible it would probably be one of my favorite movies.

I know Push is bad, but I'm still kind of interested in seeing it.

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Tyrant writes:
on Jul 06 2009 09:44 PM

Oh man screw all these movies, TRANSMORPHERS CAME OUT LAST WEEK! I HEAR IT ROOLZ!

Sarcasm aside, another bad movie week. Looking forward to Watchmen next week, though. Still need to get Gran Torino.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Jul 06 2009 10:08 PM

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Holy crap, that A Day in the Life trailer was 3 minutes? It took me forever to get through. Much of my afternoon was spent playing and pausing it, rewinding to make sure I saw what I saw...wow. Makes me want to say...

SLAM!

DUH DUH DUH!

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Actaphu writes:
on Jul 06 2009 10:19 PM

I think I'll pick up A Day in the Life... it looks amusing.

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MovieMaster writes:
on Jul 06 2009 10:52 PM

The Unborn was absolutely terrible. I only saw it for Gary Oldman and Idris Elba and even I thought, why are these two good actors in this terrible horror movie?, while I was watching.

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