Monday, 17 October 2011

Premonition Film Review



Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) lives the days of an eventful week in her life out of chronological order. On Thursday morning she is told by the local Sheriff that her husband Jim Hanson (Julian McMahon) had been killed in a car crash. When Linda wakes she believes it to be the following morning but in fact it is the monday before Jim is killed; she is shocked to find that Jim is still alive; unsure whether she dreamt that Jim died or not she soon realises that the accident has not yet happened and tries to find a way of stopping Jim from being killed.

At the end of the film Linda wakes up once again on Wednesday morning to realise that it is the day that Jim is going to die she goes in search for him. Jim then calls the house and leaves the message from the beginning of the film. At the same time, a frantic Linda is trying to rea
ch Jim. After hearing a beep signaling that he has another call, Jim hangs up realizing that it's Linda. He answers the call. The two have a touching reconciliation, Linda asks him to pull over to the shoulder of the road and Jim pulls over. Linda notices that they’ve reached the "Mile 220" sign and tells Jim that if he trusts her, he must turn around. Jim does so, but not before narrowly being missed by a speeding car. He stops the car and is unable to get it started again. Linda notices a fuel truck approaching and she is now hysterical, screaming at Jim to get out of the car. Jim sits and keeps on trying to start the car. Realizing that he's losing time, Jim frantically tries to open his car door, but he can't. The truck slams into Jim’s car, crushing its roof and presumably killing Jim. The truck then explodes on impact, causing the car to explode on impact also. Linda breaks down and starts to sob uncontrollably.

The movie ends with Linda back home asleep on a mattress with no sheets, her daughters run in and tell her that the moving truck has arrived. Linda kisses her daughters and comments with a smile that her daughter's scars from the accident are healing well. The girls then leave the room and do not close the door. Linda moves to sit on the edge of the bed when suddenly Father Kennedy's voice runs through her head, saying that every day we’re alive can be a miracle. She smiles slightly, and gets up slowly, exposing a pregnant belly.

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