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Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Liked it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Good
Special Effects	Good
Soundtrack	Good

Advantages:	uncomplicated, plenty to look at, doesn't tax the brain
Disadvantages:	a lame ending

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Had always intended to see this at the cinema, but never got around to it. Set in a part of America that isn't a usual fim location, i.e its not New York, LA or Vegas, but New Orleans. Denzel Washington stars. Tony Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer direct and produce. Of course Jerry Bruckheimer is the maker of CSI and Cold Case etc. This did show through, as its based on the aftermath of a terorist incident, i.e a bomb blowing up a passenger ferry which happens to be passing a ship full of Marines - killing over 500 people. The filmakers cut to the chase pretty quickly, revealing new technology which can see into the past, look at the past as its happening, but only at an exact time, which is 4 days and 6 hours previous to the time you're in..... Confused? Don't be, its actually very straightforward and doesn't get in the way at all. There are some PHD characters who attempt to explain black holes, but its not crucial. The plot centres around an ATF cop who's all alone in the world (no surprise there) and how they find the terrorist responsible for this attack. The Terrorists motives are a little lacking - he was rejected by the marines, hence targeting their ship. Anyway, i won't give away the plot twist, its believable. Liked the camerwork, very CSI esque. Denzel Washington is a quality actor, Val Kilmer makes an appearence, although his character kind of disappears a bit at the end. The girl - there always has to be a girl - is an actress i didn't recognise, although i am sure she's been in other stuff, Paula Patton.
If you want something easy to watch on a saturday night, to while away a few hours, enjoyable and not taxing, then this will do. Action/Adventure/Romance is all kind of there. My boyfriend liked it, so good for boys and girls.
Only criticism was that it ended too soon, things weren't tied up neatly - maybe hoping for a sequel? Nothing new to the story, think Minority Report, The Bourne Identity etc. Fit bloke trying to solve and repair something.