Friday 18 November 2011

Gerry Barnabys Film Review: Source Code

Genre:  Mystery  Sci-Fi Thriller contains strong terrorist theme & death

Cert: 15 cert

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
 
Sex & Nudity: A man and woman kiss briefly.

Violence & Gore:A man's face is a little bloody after being punched. A woman says she thinks his jaw is broken.

A man has some bloody scrapes, cuts, and abrasions on his face and hands after jumping from a moving train, hitting the ground and rolling / bouncing repeatedly.

A man is shot and is seen lying on the ground dying.

A man and woman are seen dying / dead on the ground with a pool of blood around her head after being shot; a tear trickles down from her eye and she blinks it once or twice but is otherwise unmoving.

A train explodes several times during the movie. Twice, we see a body being consumed by flames in very slow motion, in one instance her face distorts a la "The Scream". Very brief.

We see a dead body with missing arms, the lower half of his body gone and his intestinesand spinal cord encased in a clear shield. In another scene, you see an extremely brief close up of his face with half his brain showing.

Several train passengers are attacked, punched, threatened, etc but no blood is shown


Profanity:  1 "fuck", 8 scatological terms, 5 anatomical terms.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None.
 
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Very suspensful and action packed.

Story: Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes with a jolt to find himself on a commuter train heading into Chicago. Although the other passengers all seem to know him, he has absolutely no idea where—or even who—he is. The last thing Colter remembers is flying a helicopter mission in Iraq, but here he is in someone else’s life going through someone else’s morning commute. Before he can do anything an express train zooms by on the opposite track and a bomb explodes, seemingly killing Colter and all the other passengers.Colter comes to in an isolation chamber, strapped to a seat, and wearing his military flight suit. He still has no idea what’s happening, except that he’s being spoken to by mission controller Carol Goodwin (Vera Farmiga), who calmly recites a series of memory questions to which Colter is shocked to realize he knows the answers. He learns he’s part of an operation called “Beleaguered Castle,” but before he can progress any further, Goodwin starts up the machinery and suddenly…Colter is back on the train, at exactly the same time he first appeared there, once again speeding through Chicago with the same group of commuters.Colter figures he’s in some kind of simulation exercise, with his task being to find the bomber onboard the train before it goes off again. Living the explosion over and over, Colter must uncover the identity of the bomber, while also figuring out what the alternative universe of “Beleaguered Castle” is. Adding to the puzzle, Colter uses the second chance opportunities to make peace with his father, and to find romance with a fellow passenger on the train.


Likes : i like this film, jake gyllenhaal amazing actor, Michelle Monaghan looking gorgeous as ever in this film,i like the way it ended it was queit clever,i like the story line of put your memoies in to someone that had died in a explosion to find who the boomer was,but i loved that he got want he wanted in the end.Source code is one of those few action/sci-Fi movies that work effectively without exaggeration or embellishment. When we see Source Code we see the certain resemblance it has with ''Déjà Vu'' with Denzel Washington but Duncan Jones, with his own talent his own style prevent that from happening. Source Code has is own method and approach, which is quite entertaining and enjoyable. This movie is certainly recommended for all the action-junkies because this has all to be a ''Summer Hit'' which confuses me, why hasn't this opened in June or July, it had the potential and the content of an ''Summer'' blockbuster. Jake Gyllenhaal is not your typical action hero, since but he really pulls everything off really well. Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga are both absolutely gorgeous women with talent. On the whole Source Code is pure entertainment at its best.


Dislikes : its a little slow but not to slow but for a thriller it not bad.


Overall : film was ok not the best film ive seen,but not all thriller are for everyone,its a bit of a girl eye candy film with jake gyllenhaal & something for the guys with michelle monaghan,its a worth watching film but i would wait for it on dvd to watch it.


Rating : 4 out of 5 stars for entertainment, 7 out of 10 for story line & action.

 





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