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Monday, June 13, 2011

Review - Source Code

Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train bound for Chicago to find that he is not quite himself. He has assumed the identity of a passenger on the train. The last thing he remembers is being on a mission in Afghanistan flying an American Army helicopter. Eight minutes later the train explodes along with Stevens and the other passengers. This time he wakes up in some kind of pod and is addressed by a woman named Goodwin via an audio/video feed. Goodwin informs him, he is now part of a project called source code, and he is being sent back into a memory of the final 8 minutes before the bomb explodes in order to stop an ongoing terrorist threat.


There are some good elements at work in this particular film. It's an action/thriller, that relies mostly on the story/plot to gain your attention instead of bombarding the movie screen with special effects, and there are good acting performances throughout, including the stunning Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga. The soundtrack, gives the film kind of an old fashioned feel, which works, but almost makes it seem dated. It is not poorly written, but they tried to hard to make it seem smart, and landed somewhere in the middle. It is by no means a waste of your time, it almost made the cut, but overall I have to say no to this one.
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