Review: DEJA VU (2006)
December 8th 2008 22:20
Deja Vu - 7/10
Tony Scott's 2006 thriller seemed to come and go at the box-office, making a small ripple with moviegoers. However, I did find myself enjoying it immensely.
ATF Agent Doug Carlin (Washington) has found himself in the middle of a huge mess. A ferry in New Orleans has been destroyed by a man who believes he is doing a patriotic act for America and Carlin is on the case to find out who this man is. It seems like any other case until the body of a beautiful woman ("Claire Kuchever" played by Paula Patton) washes ashore and they discover that, all though she looks as though she was killed in the explosion, she in fact died in a completely different act of murder. While Carlin is investigating the woman's murder, he is recruited into a special investigative team run by the FBI and in the command of Agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer). Carlin quickly realizes that the technology that this unit possesses is more than just a means of viewing previously-viewed video-feeds from satellites, but that they have the ability to view the past. He finds himself wondering, if they can view the past, is there any way that he can change it?
This movie is flawed, no doubt about it. I am a huge enthusiast of movies that deal with time travel, or changing the past, etc. While it held pretty well together with most of the plot points (IE: the little messages Carlin left for himself and such), there was one plot hole that was too big to just let go, but I won't get into that because it's just my fanatical idealism when it comes to time travel. The film flowed very, very well, and kept me entertained throughout its entirety. Like I said, I love time travel in movies, so any time it is done well, I find myself being sucked into the story along with the characters, wondering if what we're seeing on screen has somehow been altered because of a choice one of the characters made somewhere later in the film (see, way too fanatic).
Deja Vu is just a fun-filled thriller with some decent twists and great acting, especially from Denzel, who, although he pulls his regular tormented guy act, really delivers well.
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