Source Code

Watched With: Nobody @ Cathay EHub (03/05)

Snacks: Green Tea

Genre: Sci-Fi / Action

8 minutes.

Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) awakens on a commuter train bound for Chicago but he does not feel like himself.
That is because he is in the body of Sean Fentress and he has been placed onboard that train to find a bomber before the train blows-up.

He has been placed in this scenario by Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright) and Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) for a new project called 'Source Code' where they can place an individual's mind in someone else's body and relive the last 8 minutes before a specific event and hopefully they get the information they need to solve the mystery and prevent further disaster.
And after 8 minutes, everything resets.

So Capt. Stevens must figure out who is the bomber on the train.
Could it be Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan) who seems to know him?
Could it be Max Denoff (Russell Peters) a disgruntled and trouble celebrity on the train?
Or could it be any one of the dozens of suspicious characters on the train?

Whoever it is - he has 8 minutes.

Okay sure the idea is interesting.
Not new. But interesting.
Time travel and flashbacks are all too common by now.
In fact to be honest I would hardly classify this movie under those categories.

And alas this is one of those movies that I cannot reveal too much without spoiling everything but I will tell you 3 things.

1. I don't like Jake Gyllenhal.
2. Rusell Peters is ridiculous.
3. I figured it out half-way. Cos I'm so smart.

I guess this movie isn't so bad. If you've got nothing better to watch.

**PS I'm trying out a new rating system suggested by Mr-Jab. What do you think?**

Final Verdict: Worth $5.50 out of a $10 ticket