Source Code Review

Source Code

Vendome Pictures

1st april 2011, 93 Mins

Mystery/Thriller, 12 

Director:Duncan Jones

Cast:Jake Gyllenhaal

        Vera Farmiga

        Michelle Monaghan

        Michael Arden

        Jeffrey Wright

After soldier Colter Stevens wakes up as somebody different on a train. It soon becomes a race against time to stop a bomber in Chicago.

This is a full out Inception style thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal at the centre. Gyllenhaal plays Colter Stevens a solider sent back into an alternate reality to find out who planted a bomb and he does such a great job of it you can feel all his emotions from confused to scared to joy. Which makes it by far one of Gyllenhaal's best performances only behind Donni Darko. Source Code also shows us that Duncan Jones is not just a one hit wonder with Moon he has come back and matched it if not improved upon Moon which was one good movie. There is also creditable performances from Vera Farmiga and Michelle Monaghan.

Source Code is one of those movies where you get thrown in at the deep end, at the beginning and have to struggle to keep going. Of course I mean this in a good way but you have to be with it all the way though because it is no stop. The main story is the same 8 minutes over and over which means the mood to the movie is fast paced and does not let you breath. The same idea was used in Vantage Point which is a great but an underrated film. This is your typical action thriller with a mystery as a twist and this gives it that original slant to it.

This is definitely classified as a good film it has a perfect mix of action suspense sic-fi and mystery which will definitely draw you in of the reasonably short run time.

Its the same train, but its different- 84/100