Best Buy HD DVD: <h1>Next on HD DVD</h1>

Genre: Suspense | Thriller

Next is a 2007 suspense thriller movie based a science fiction short story "The Golden Man" written by Philip Dick. The movie stars Nicolas Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore, and it was directed by Lee Tamahori.

Movie Synopsis:

Nicolas Cage plays Cris Johnson, a Las Vegas magician that can see future events and change its outcome before they occur. Having the special skill, Cris has never used it for meaningful things, and he limits the use of his power by playing slot machine games at the casinos. A crucial turning point in his life is about to begin when he visions that Los Angeles is incinerated in a nuclear holocaust. Now he has to use his exceptional talent in preventing the nuclear disaster to save the city and millions of people.

Movie Trivia:

The movie's translation in Russia is "The Prophet."

The last word seen in the movie is that of the hotel, named to correspond with its ending: "Cliffhanger".

In a scene where Cris switches on a television to mask his voice from detection by the FBI, a channel displayed on his TV is playing a scene from Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.

The scene where Cris strapped to a chair with his eyelids mechanically held open and he's forced to watch a television is a reminiscent of another movie from Kubrick, entitled "A Clockwork Orange".

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