FILM REVIEW

"Premonition" Running time: 100 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13

King Features Sandra Bullock in "Premonition." GRADE: D

First off, let's get out of the way all the th"Premonition" starts off with a lot of promise. It gives the impression that you're in for a supernatural you're in for a supernatural mystery, a kind of mix between "Memento" and "Groundhog Day."

Sandra Bullock stars as Linda Hanson, a stay-at-home mom who one day gets a visit from a policeman who informs her that her husband, Jim (Julian McMahon), was killed in a car accident -- the day before. Why the cop decided to wait a day to tell her is beyond me. (Oh wait, now I know. Because if he didn't wait a day, there'd be no movie.)

The next morning, she wakes up and Jim is alive. That's because she wakes up earlier in the week, before his death. For most of the film, Linda lives out the week out of order, never sure what day she's going to wake up in; and in those days that she relives, she retains foreknowledge of events to come.

As the movie drags on, you begin to realize the continuity errors. And the plot holes. Then about two-thirds of the way into the film you get the creeping sensation that you're stuck in a movie that's going to have no payoff. No great surprise ending. Instead, what you'll be left with is a limp, quasi-religious explanation for the events that transpired.

Man, I really wanted to like this movie. I really did.

Unfortunately, there were just too many problems with "Premonition" for me to recommend it -- even as a rental. It's just bad, the worst kind of bad, because there was so much going for it at the beginning. The premise was so intriguing. Yet, the film failed to deliver the payoff we deserved.

I shoulda seen it coming. ¦ (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.