Premonition

Made for dvd movies. Or sy-fi channel disaster movies are many and they always follow the same thing. A father or mother trying to save their family that are usually a weather presenter or something along that route. Sprinkle on some bad cgi and you have the movie. This one ill give it credit as it is different. In this film jack, played by Casper van dion is a cop that starts having premonitions of things that will happen, disasters he must stop before it is too late. This is a movie that couldve been better is it was a theticle or small studio release. But ill say this. Casper van dion was alright. His a pretty good actor when given the right role. The cgi was bad but the plot was still interesting enough.to keep me watching.

If you are trying to form an argument against Canadian content laws, using the movie "Premonition" to form your opinion would help greatly. What will quickly strike most viewers is how familiar the core story is, but that is just a minor problem compared to what really sinks the movie. It's written to be a really stupid telling of a familiar story, with characters constantly making idiotic decisions throughout. Also, there are a significant number of plot turns that are either not properly explained, or are not explained at all. All this bad writing probably explains why no one in the cast seems to be trying very hard, with actor Casper Van Dien giving the worst performance of all, a bad performance that generates no sympathy or heart at all. The direction is also hopeless, from letting Van Dien stay unshaven throughout despite being a police officer, to action sequences that lack excitement or comprehension. It also doesn't help that the entire enterprise looks really cheap and cheesy, from the ultra low budget cinematography to some awful special effects (as well as reusing some special effects footage from the superior B movie "Epicenter"). This movie is complete garbage, even for viewers who are especially undemanding with their choice of entertainment.

Tough ex-GI cop Jack Barnes (Casper van Dien) survives a momentarily fatal accident that miraculously endows him with the eerie power of second sight! Det. Barnes disorientatingly experiences distressingly violent visions, and becomes strongly compelled to try and alter the dark fates of those victims he 'sees' in his frenzied premonitions. This conspicuously Dead Zone'd DTV action/thriller with studly Psi-cop Casper Van Dien is a mostly enjoyable jaunt into the supernatural. Switch off your noggin, switch on the kettle and revel in the chiselled, immaculately bestubbled, enormously attractive hero's earnest attempts to save the city from impending disaster!!!! Granted, we've seen it all before, but that only proves we're all just a little psychic, man!!!!!! Not the most invigorating text, but the director credibly keeps things peppy, and buff B-Movie Adonis Casper is one of the more affable action dudes! The CGI effects are not always convincing, but the film's big bad baddie shoes are capably filled by energetic character actor David Palffy.

a nuclear terrorist plot behind a back-from-the-dead-visions wrapper; terrible acting with one of those casts consisting of no one you have ever seen before other than the top 2 or 3 folks in the billing; no reality to the actions of the actors in the plot, with the FBI not bothering to follow up on any clues or taking seriously any information given them; the wife limited to a long series of "Oh, Jack.." lines; the kid existing for the sole purpose of being put in danger at just the right moment;a Grade C made-for-2am effort; unlike some bad movies, you realize from the very beginning that this will never start to become interesting; you have to wonder why they bothered with this.

A low rent Canadian TV movie that explores the idea of psychic premonitions in much the same way as the likes of THE DEAD ZONE et al. This one brings nothing new to the concept, instead happy to retread old ground in its telling of a man who dies in a car accident, only to be brought back to life with a special talent for foreseeing the future.

Casper Van Dien has always been a likable hero, an actor who I've enjoyed seeing since STARSHIP TROOPERS. He's certainly no great shakes as an actor but he has charisma at least, which counts for something. He's the best thing about this otherwise shoddy film, putting plenty of effort into his leading role and handling himself well in the action stakes.

Sadly, PREMONITION as a whole is spoilt by a script which copies disaster scenarios from other movies - an earthquake, a train crash which virtually reprises the one in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE - and doesn't have much in the way of originality to it. In addition, the CGI effects of trains, helicopters, and the like are very poor indeed. It's not a terrible film, just a generally lacklustre one.