Sunday, September 28, 2008

Deja Vu (2006)

A terrorist blows up a ferry full of military personnel; a woman is found dead near the explosion site; the crime investigation makes use of a powerful device that can visualize the past and maybe even send a person to that past.

One of those complicated films which demand an external explanation (4 timelines are involved -- see Wikipedia, for example) for its understanding; after that explanation, they tell you the plot holes which invalidate it. The main flaw is not mentioned there though, namely, what is the motivation for creating a better timeline if ours will either remain shitty or vanish? Anyway, the film has a taut narrative and good direction and I was not excessively bored (even though I would only really understand the intricacies of its plot afterwards).

Rating: 40

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