Jake Gyllenhaal does well in this sci-fi action thriller which sees him playing Captain Colter Stevens. We see Stevens wake up on a commuter train, disorientated and confused, not recognising the girl who's talking to him in the opposite seat. After a panic and confused few minutes the train explodes and everyone is dead...
Stevens then wakes up in some sorts of cockpit, strapped into a harness, a voice calling out to him in a military fashion to which he eventually responds. Questions get fired at him, “Who's the bomber!? Did you find the Bomb!?” We then learn that he has been sent back into a memory to relive the last 8 minutes of a passengers life, in order to catch a terrorist who blew up the train and has threatened to release a dirty bomb on downtown Chicago.
What unfolds from then on is a compelling action-packed adventure full of twists, turns and revelations which are thoroughly enjoyable.
Source Code is a very well put together movie, good performances all round. Gyllenhaal does well as the lead and Michelle Monaghan is a good co-star like she usually is. My only annoyance was the way at which Jeffery Wright talks! He doesnt talk in this annoying manner in any other of his films so not quite sure what was going on.
IMHO give Source Code a well deserved 8/10
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