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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The [[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Next-GaryGoldman.pdf original script]] was a ''lot'' more interesting that what was ultimately filmed, and even lacked a particularly obnoxious PlotHole; in the film, the authorities let Liz go despite her not only refusing to drug Cris, but ''sending one of their cars off a cliff'', leaving her to be captured by the Western Terrorists. In the script, her arrest is a major plot point.
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** Except the sniper that swears in Croatian.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Cris decides to save Agent Ferris from falling rocks, which results in his capture.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Cris decides to save Agent Ferris from falling rocks, which results in his capture. Actually {{Lampshaded}} ''verbatim'' by Agent Ferris after she [[SmugSnake smugly]] takes advantage of Cris' good nature in this exact manner in order to capture him.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Subverted. In the end everyone dies in a massive terrorist attack, but it turns out to be a vision of the clairvoyant protagonist.]]
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* GambitRoulette: the premise of the film.
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* InNameOnly: The film is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's ''The Golden Man'', and differs greatly from its source material even for a movie based on a Philip K Dick story: Both share the general idea of the government trying to capture a main character who has the ability to foresee the immediate impact of anything he does before he does it. However, the setting, the main character's background, personality, and appearance, and ''what'' the government wants with him are all changed beyond recognition: In the original story, it was a post-apocalyptic future, the main character was a golden-skinned, non-sapient mutant, and the government was trying to wipe out all mutants with superhuman powers. On the other hand, the film takes place in the present, where the main character is a perfectly normal-looking, sapient human, and the government wants him to use his abilities to help them stop a nuclear threat. Reportedly, the original script was much more faithful to the source material before some drastic rewrites kicked in.
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* InNameOnly: The film is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's ''The Golden Man'', and differs greatly from its source material even for a movie based on a Philip K Dick story: Both share the general idea of the government trying to capture a main character who has the ability to foresee the immediate impact of anything he does before he does it. However, the setting, the main character's background, personality, and appearance, and ''what'' the government wants with him are all changed beyond recognition: In the original story, it was a post-apocalyptic future, the main character was a golden-skinned, non-sapient mutant, and the government was trying to wipe out all mutants with superhuman powers. On the other hand, the film takes place in the present, where the main character is a perfectly normal-looking, sapient human, and the government wants him to use his abilities to help them stop a nuclear threat. Reportedly, the [[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Next-GaryGoldman.pdf original script script]] was much more faithful to the source material before some drastic rewrites kicked in.
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''Next'' is a 2007 science fiction thriller film starring Creator/NicolasCage, JulianneMoore Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/JessicaBiel. It is loosely based on the short story ''The Golden Man'' by Creator/PhilipKDick.
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* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:The ending. It is revealed that half of the movie was [[AllJustADream a vision of the future]], where the nuclear bomb did go off. The film ends with Cris joining up with the FBI to stop the events of his vision from happening. To say audiences felt cheated by this would be an understatement.]]
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* HighConcept: Man who can see two minutes into future fights terrorists.
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* TrainEscape: Thanks to the main character's future-viewing powers, we get to see him both crash into the train ''and'' escape thanks to it.
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* AnthropicPrinciple: Cris Johnson ''literally'' lives by means of this trope; he can see up to two minutes into the future at any given time, and in certain situations even further. It's as natural to him as seeing lightning before hearing thunder is to most people, and he can actually dodge ''an entire clip of machinegun bullets'' in this manner, visualizing his alternates dropping dead in his wake.
* CombatClairvoyance: Since Cris was always seeing two minutes ahead, he was actually LIVING two minutes ahead — but whenever he ran up against something he didn't want to happen, he would force himself to refocus back into "the present," and choose to do something different. In short, he was so tuned into his precog it worked almost more like the ability to jump backwards in time than to see the future.
* CombatClairvoyance: Since Cris was always seeing two minutes ahead, he was actually LIVING two minutes ahead — but whenever he ran up against something he didn't want to happen, he would force himself to refocus back into "the present," and choose to do something different. In short, he was so tuned into his precog it worked almost more like the ability to jump backwards in time than to see the future.
* DodgeTheBullet: Cris Johnson can see two minutes into the future and play out various scenarios in order to pick the best outcome. At one point in the movie, he finds himself up against a terrorist with a fully loaded gun. From our perspective, we get to see him split off in various directions in an attempt to dodge all the bullets complete with each [[SaveScumming false choice getting shot and disappearing]] until only one is left standing, the one outcome where he successfully dodged all the bullets.
* EyeOpen: Done with Nicholas Cage's eye twice, [[spoiler:once before and once after his character's long vision of a possible future.]]
* FlashForward: The movie was all about how Nicolas Cage could see two minutes into the future (unless certain conditions were met), and play it over and over again in his mind until he found the optimal path to take (typically one that didn't end up with him being shot or getting the crap beat out of him).
* EyeOpen: Done with Nicholas Cage's eye twice, [[spoiler:once before and once after his character's long vision of a possible future.]]
* FlashForward: The movie was all about how Nicolas Cage could see two minutes into the future (unless certain conditions were met), and play it over and over again in his mind until he found the optimal path to take (typically one that didn't end up with him being shot or getting the crap beat out of him).
* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: The precognitive protagonist Cris is cheating at blackjack and several casino security officers are watching him on surveillance, trying to figure out how he's doing it. When someone realizes they recognize him, Cris looks up as though he heard his name being called, stares knowingly at the camera they're watching him through, and casually walks away before any security guards can apprehend him.
* InNameOnly: The film is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's ''The Golden Man'', and differs greatly from its source material even for a movie based on a Philip K Dick story: Both share the general idea of the government trying to capture a main character who has the ability to foresee the immediate impact of anything he does before he does it. However, the setting, the main character's background, personality, and appearance, and ''what'' the government wants with him are all changed beyond recognition: In the original story, it was a post-apocalyptic future, the main character was a golden-skinned, non-sapient mutant, and the government was trying to wipe out all mutants with superhuman powers. On the other hand, the film takes place in the present, where the main character is a perfectly normal-looking, sapient human, and the government wants him to use his abilities to help them stop a nuclear threat. Reportedly, the original script was much more faithful to the source material before some drastic rewrites kicked in.
* InNameOnly: The film is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's ''The Golden Man'', and differs greatly from its source material even for a movie based on a Philip K Dick story: Both share the general idea of the government trying to capture a main character who has the ability to foresee the immediate impact of anything he does before he does it. However, the setting, the main character's background, personality, and appearance, and ''what'' the government wants with him are all changed beyond recognition: In the original story, it was a post-apocalyptic future, the main character was a golden-skinned, non-sapient mutant, and the government was trying to wipe out all mutants with superhuman powers. On the other hand, the film takes place in the present, where the main character is a perfectly normal-looking, sapient human, and the government wants him to use his abilities to help them stop a nuclear threat. Reportedly, the original script was much more faithful to the source material before some drastic rewrites kicked in.
* LoserGetsTheGirl: Nicolas Cage is a man with the ability to see into the immediate future, and he knows none of his pickup lines will work on the woman he meets in a diner. Not even beating up her stalkerish ex-boyfriend gets him a good result, only allowing the boyfriend to sucker-punch ''him''.
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Any one who actually has psychic powers could make tons of cash at Las Vegas instead of appearing on talk shows. As Jay Leno once said, "Why do you never see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?" Answer: Because when a psychic wins, he doesn't tell he's psychic. 'Cause, you know, some people might dare accuse him of cheating. This is actually Lampshaded in the film. Also justified since the psychic in question knows he's being hunted down by the government and thus keeps his wins small to avoid attracting attention.
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* ThePowerOfLove: The precognitive abilities of Nicolas Cage's character only allow him to see up to 2 minutes into his own future, except, for no apparent reason, for one recurring vision that presages the arrival of his eventual love interest. Once he's finally met and slept with her, he can see further ahead than ever before.
* PsychicPowers: Cris,obviously.a precognitive who can always see two minutes into the future.
* {{Retconjuration}}: The lead character has a limited version of this ability, which he uses to stop terrorists and score dates with younger women.
* SaveScumming: The movie essentially featured a character capable of doing this in real life. Being able to see two minutes into your future has its perks...
* ScrewDestiny: Cris Johnson is able to break through the common science fiction cliche that, even with the power to tell the future, destiny is unchangeable. In fact, the whole movie's tagline is that "If you can see the future, you can save it."
* PsychicPowers: Cris,
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Showroom magician Cris Johnson (Cage)'s secret is where he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low in Las Vegas, performing cheap tricks and gambling. When a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris (Moore) must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm. The woman from Cris's visions, Liz Cooper (Biel) also becomes involved in the plot.
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Showroom magician Cris Johnson (Cage)'s secret is where that he can see a few minutes into the future. The one exception is a mysterious woman he has never met, whom for some reason he keeps having visions of.
Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low in Las Vegas, performing cheap tricks andgambling. gambling.
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