Make every second count.
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
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Contemporary, grave, relentless and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- dfle3on TMDB · Mar 202510/10
Brilliant concept. Great execution. A sci-fi classic. Another in a longish line of high-concept mainstream movies. In many of those movies it's fashionable to have a confusing story which people will interpret as being brilliant/genius and which has an in-built "repeat" viewing factor due to the baffling nature of the story which has just been told. Think movies like "Inception". "Source code" is a far superior film to "Inception" but will probably lack the kudos of the latter. Briefly, the story concerns a commuter ("Colter Stevens", played by Jake Gyllenhaal) on a train who has an identity crisis. Before he can resolve it, he dies with all the other passengers in a massive explosion. Afterwards (!), the man awakes in a weird chamber where he is questioned by military (or some such) personnel about who caused the explosion. Don't worry, this is not a 'spoiler'...it's established very early on in the movie that this is what has happened. Of course, you get questions along the lines of "Which reality is real?". Going with the sci-fi explanation (involving secret military experiments) you have a plausibility to the scenario which is very nicely unambitious and may in fact have some s
Read the whole review on TMDB - artlawlesson TMDB · Feb 20198/10
Source Code is a “repeating loop” Science Fiction film directed by Duncan Jones whose prior film was Moon. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga play the lead characters. It even has Russell Peters in a guest role. Unlike Moon, Source Code is a fast-paced thriller. The film follows a man who is made to go through an 8-minute window repeatedly to locate the person responsible for a train bombing. As the loop repeats, the plot thickens. It's a pretty good film which keeps you at the edge of the seat and reveals to you in stages as to what is going on. The cast has done a good job portraying their roles. It's a Sci-Fi that deserves one watch at least (but you might do two to get it)
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Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalColter Stevens
- Michelle MonaghanChristina Warren
- Vera FarmigaColleen Goodwin
- Jeffrey WrightDr. Rutledge
- Michael ArdenDerek Frost
- Cas AnvarHazmi
- Russell PetersMax Denoff
- Brent SkagfordGeorge Troxel
- Craig ThomasGold Watch Executive
- Gordon MastenConductor
Crew
- Duncan JonesDirector
- Ben RipleyWriter
- Don BurgessDirector of Photography
- Chris BaconOriginal Music Composer
- Paul HirschEditor
- Jordan WynnProducer
- Mark GordonProducer
- Philippe RousseletProducer
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