Review: Source Code

When I first saw the trailer for Source Code, I felt like this was a Deja Vu clone. And I thought to myself, "How could anyone like Deja Vu so much that they'd make a movie just like it?"- After seeing the film I realized that while the movies are comparable, they are far from being clones of each other. And in the end, Source Code is a much better movie.

Okay, the storyline for this movie is pretty far out and ridiculous, but it works. It brings in elements of quantum physics and parallel universes.. and it doesn't stop there. I won't try and explain it anymore than that, but the main point is that somehow a government agency has found a way to go back in time to 8 minutes before a terrorist attack killed a lot of people and look for clues as to who did it, they only have 8 minutes every time they go back, but they can go back as many times as they want. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Coltor Stevens, the guy who actually does the going back in time. Now he can't change the past, he can only look for clues that can help the future... They do a better job of explaining it than I can, promise.

Sci-Fi fans and quantum physics experts may enjoy the storyline, but for the average Joe (me), it's a little bit much. On the bright side, while the story isn't too believable; Jake Gyllenhaal is. Jake's a lot of fun and accurately portrays a guy who is trapped in this action-packed-Groundhog's Dayish reality. The supporting cast does it part well enough, although Jeffrey Wright is ridiculous and unintentionally funny as the man in charge of the source code project. I could have done with out him.

Source Code is action-packed and fun right from the beginning. The storyline may be a little out there, but it's still a solid action movie.

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