Source Code (2011)

What the heck just happened? That was my initial reaction to seeing Source Code, the second film from director Duncan Jones, who directed the sci-fi thriller Moon. Duncan Jones directs this film with such a crisp grasp, that this is his film all the way. He is the star of this film. On screen, the star of this film is Jake Gyllenhaal (of Donnie Darko fame), and he plays the role beautifully. Speaking of the rest of the cast, Vera Farmiga is great as the captain who is working on the source code project. Jeffery Wright could have done better as the designer of the project, and Michelle Monaghan, did a better job than I expected. Now I’m not sure what the plotline of the movie is, and I’ll try to explain it without spoiling it. Gyllenhaal plays a man who has to go back in time for eight minutes of a man’s life who was killed from a train terrorist attack. The film is inventive, crazy, and completely one of a kind. And I loved every minute of it. This completely destroys Inception, and leaves it in the dust. I understood Inception, but not Source Code. If you want your mind to be blown, see Source Code. And if you want to understand it, see Source Code three more times.
9.5/10