Some things I liked some I did not.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Only seen this once before and I really enjoyed back then, It's been a really long time since I seen it and I gave it another re-watch. I love the plot , it started of really well, I really enjoyed the effect of Car scene and little one acted really well. It did have some part of the movie, that were a little slow in the middle but dose not last toolong as it's picks up again.I loved the crazy scenes , when end up being from one place to another, I did jump in one scene. I loved the ending, yeah it might seem a bit predicable but it worked really well with the rest of the movie. It's odd that some sites say Premonition (2007) Is a remake of this, Which is NOT! , both movies are Very different and don't even have the same plot.I am giving this a 7 out of 10

Norio Tsuruta's Yogen (Premonition) had quite an interesting premise that drew me in. (Off topic for a bit) I first heard about this movie on a "Top Ten J-Horror Movies" video on Youtube, and this title got number 8, but it's premise left me wondering for so long. It wasn't until a year later I was able to get a DVD for this movie, and when I finally sat down and watched this movie I was severely underwhelmed. I don't know what I was expecting, but what I got was a rather predictable, melodramatic boring film.First of all, there are some effective moments. When Hideki first touches the newspaper in the phone booth, there is this creepy chilling moan that gave me a good scare, then after that the ambient horror music started to build and he first read the paper, revealing who was going to be killed. This also scared me, and then what follows is a inevitable jump scare, but a rather good one nonetheless. This is all in the beginning of the film so I was psyched to see the rest of the movie. After all it had such a promising start, the rest would have to be good right? Sadly, the film falls flat shortly after, by making a cliché "3 years later" cut, that shows Hideki coping with what he encountered years before. I had a real problem with this, because I was much interested seeing him developing during this time period, seeing him cope with what happened. Instead we see him act like a down on his luck, brooding cop from a cliché action movie.The inclusion of psychics just seemed so trivial to me, why have them? What is their connection to the paper? That sub-plot doesn't go anywhere. This is a minor spoiler, but Hideki gains the ability to see into the future (like the paper) but if he tries to prevent his predictions from coming true he gets giant ink stains on his skin and eventually this would kill him (if he kept doing it). There were other psychics in this movie but why were they there!? Couldn't they just be people who encountered the paper as well? Could they not afford more scenes of the CGI newspaper? The acting was average, bordering bad.The CGI Paper looked really silly (especially in the scene where it's chasing a char).Really bad dialogue, "It came. The Newspaper." Or "Whenever I see a paper, I remember that day." Intelligence insulting story telling.The ending was predictable, I saw this coming from a mile away, I wont spoil it but its a corny bitter-sweet ending.Other things that bug me, is why hasn't Hideki seen the killer paper at all during the 3 years span? Why all of a sudden does this happen to him at once? Why is there power in a dead guy's house when he died in 1992? Why at the end he didn't just drive away (if you see the movie you will know what I am talking about)??? What the **** was the deal with the god **** psychics!?

In Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, a malevolent supernatural newspaper selects victims at random and reveals to them disastrous headlines from the near-future. When family man Hideki Satomi finds himself haunted by the evil rag, he enters a nightmare world from which the only escape appears to be death.Like Final Destination, the US horror hit that also dealt with foresight and cheating fate, Premonition is a supernatural chiller that opens with a bang: protagonist Hideki witnesses the death of his young daughter in an auto accident immediately after learning of her impending fate via a mysterious paper. It's an excellent beginning to the film: suspenseful, exciting and very harrowing.Unfortunately, after this promising start, the plot slowly begins to lose momentum and despite great performances from its cast and one or two outstanding scares, the whole film looks set to be a huge disappointment. To his credit though, director Tsuruta picks up the pace again in the film's dying moments for a crazy finalé which sees Hideki leaping through time and space in a desperate bid to change history.All in all, I found this inventive slice of J-Horror to be a reasonably fun ride, despite leaving me with a ton of unanswered questions (Why does the paper like to torment people? Why does it choose Hideki? Who prints the bloody thing? If it turns up on a Sunday, do you get supplements?) and fans of the Asian horror scene should still give it a go if they get the chance.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

I am so glad I found this film. This sounds cliché, but it is an emotional roller-coaster. If you don't want to know about the basic plot stop reading NOW - A family man has breaks down on the side of a scenic road. He goes into a phone booth to call for assistance & finds a newspaper that has articles about events that will happen in the near future. That's all I'm saying about the plot! The drama & horror that happens to this guy throughout the rest of the film is frightening, frustrating, & heartbreaking. This is an excellent example of how many Asian horror films have a deep rooted sense of family bonds and loyalty.