Need a new gimmicky thriller premise? How about this: a protagonist who experiences days out of sequence. In Premonition, a housewife named Linda (Sandra Bullock) learns her husband has died, but then wakes up to find him alive again. Next she awakes to mourners in her house, but another night’s sleep sets time back and Hubby’s upright once more. Linda, who apparently lacks TV and newspaper access, discovers what’s happening long after the audience and must then try to change the future/past and prevent her husband’s death.

The concept borrows from other altered-narrative movies like Memento and Groundhog’s Day, which would be fine if Premonition delivered a solid product. But while the story is quite fun for a bit, gaping holes plague Bill Kelly’s script. Premonition fails because without skill, complex plots that take themselves too seriously soon descend into laughable absurdity.

Sandra Bullock has her anguished, confused persona down pat, and Julian McMahon manages a convincing, complex husband. But the script’s errors are unforgivable. The movie even skips structurally crucial scenes, presumably to make room for awkward, trivial moralizing ones. Premonition clearly values schmaltz over logic. — Ryan Menezes, Muse Staff Writer