here ya go Davie....
Source Code. 2011. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga.
A ground- breaking movie for me, In that it is the very First I can remember Jake G actually being in, and doing some Actual Acting, as opposed to the usual sleepwalking he somehow gets away with through his movies.
The story centres around a US special government/Military operation called "Source code", which can enable them to send back people in time, ( for 8 minutes) to stop terrorist atrocities from happening...In this case, a bomb on a train, which could then possibly trigger an even larger bomb explosion in Chcago.
Jake plays a Special ops soldier, who is sent back to become a passenger on the train, in order to find out where the bomb is, and who the bomber is....In Just 8 minutes.
If he fails, he is sent back again ( and again), to search for clues, until he eventually succeeds in his mission (?).
I think Duncan Jones is going to be one to watch as a director in future, as, as with "Moon", he has pulled off a rather intelligent Sci-Fi movie, and on a pretty low budget (same as "Moon"..)
Again, as like Moon, it has obvious Nods to other Sci-Fi "Classics" ( this time, it is "Quantum leap ( or Quantum Jump, Where The guy "becomes" somebody else, in order to change the persons time-line sort Of thing...)
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Its closest relation, film -wise, is a Denzel washington film called "Deja Vu", which also involved jumping through time/space, in order to stop a bomb going off ( this time, it was on a ferry....Oh, and Deja Vu is a rather good movie too....well worth seeking out...just for the "Car chase" scene alone, which is brilliantly "Original"...)
I cannot say too much about this film, without giving the plot away, but, if you liked Moon, you will enjoy this.
It is also handy if you have a "Time travel/Quantum override device" handy ( I.E., a remote control to rewind the film, as some of the action and Pacing is just too close up, and too fast to really take in, in one viewing.
The "Love" interest is played by Vera Farmiga, and...THIS time...A "Love interest" sub-plot actually helps the film along, instead of just being Eye candy ( Speaking of which, Ladies,( and any others interested..) Jake G has a seriously sexy Butt in this film, all suited up and trying to save the world).
I would highly recommend this movie to anybody who enjoys a bit of
cleverly made Sci-Fi, but, Beware, it DEMANDS Full concentration on the viewers part....
I am not exactly sure "How" the story ended....Still getting the noggin around that...But I would give it 9.5/10....It loses a half point because the opening Music was just atrocious...but got better as the film progressed...