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Next: Blu-ray DVD Review (2008)

5/24/2008 Posted by Admin

“Next” Blu-ray

Yet another movie with Cage, and now the question must be asked: When did his hair become a halfway house for bad weaves?

Those who come to this high-definition version of “Next” might be prone to wonder--you can see his plugs with embarrassing clarity--but at least they offer a necessary distraction from a movie that amounts to stupid served with a side of stupid.

Cage is Cris Johnson, a bum Las Vegas magician whose ability to see two minutes into the future attracts the attention of grim FBI agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore, rigid), a woman determined to enlist his help to keep a group of Russians from blowing up Los Angeles with a stolen nuclear bomb.

We never know the reason why they want to blow up L.A., but the movie wobbles forward anyway, with Jessica Biel showing up as Johnson's love interest.

Detonates with one of the worst, most incomplete endings in recent movie history.

Read the full, unedited review here.

Rated PG-13. Grade: D

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