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Cris Johnson ( Nicolas Cage ) can see into the future . He could only see two minutes into the future , with the exception of a vision he once had a woman walk into a restaurant . He drew the attention of FBI agent Callie Ferris ( Julianne Moore ) , who already knows his ability and wants to stop terrorists from detonating a nuclear weapon . Ferris tracks Cris to his house , but he escaped after the predicted arrival . That night , the casino 's security chief was approached by two terrorists , interrogated about Johnson and then killed .

The next day , Cris is on top again when he saw Liz Cooper ( Jessica Biel ) , the woman of his vision . It turns out that not only can Cris see the future , but can see the effects of what a number of actions you can do for the future .

Later that day , Agent Ferris confronts Liz while she was walking near the hotel . Claiming Cris is a dangerous sociopath , he asks her to drug Cris so that they can bring peace . Instead , Liz warns Cris , who tells him about his secret . When he was asked why he would not help the FBI stop the terrorists , he explained the limitations , noting the exception for events involving him .


Using his ability , Cris helps the FBI track the terrorists to the port where they are located . When they arrived , after a series of exchanges , Cris is able to walk up to the terrorist leader and avoid being hit , to see where the bullet will go and avoid them . After killing the terrorists and rescue Liz , they found that the bomb had been moved . Ferris shows Cris a seismograph hoping that he will see the vibration caused by the explosion before it occurred . As he stared at the screen he realized that he had made a mistake and that he was late , the bomb detonates at sea and completely destroyed the harbor , as well as the entire city .