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Play trailer Poster for Source Code PG-13 Released Apr 1, 2011 1h 29m Mystery & Thriller Sci-Fi Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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Helicopter pilot Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a top-secret military operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of Sean Fentress, a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of Colter's mission is to learn the identity of the bomber and prevent a similar catastrophe. As Colter lives Sean's final moments, he becomes more certain that he can prevent the first tragedy from occurring -- as long as he doesn't run out of time.
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Finding the human story amidst the action, director Duncan Jones and charming Jake Gyllenhaal craft a smart, satisfying sci-fi thriller.

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Una LaMarche Observer Ultimately, Source Code makes good on its Hitchcockian opening sequence -- it may pale in comparison to the master, but it's a fun, puzzle-filled ride, with excellent pacing and a mounting uneasiness that recalls the best episodes of The Twilight Zone. Mar 23, 2014 Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Source Code is a sci-fi thriller that simply shouldn't work as well as it does. Rated: 3/4 Mar 23, 2014 Full Review John Swansburg Slate It's this emotional arc underlying the ticking-time-bomb plot that keeps the movie from succumbing to its flaws. Mar 23, 2014 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson What unravels and untwists in its repeated eight minute episodes, makes for an extremely compelling, original, and thought-provoking thriller. Rated: 5/5 Jul 31, 2025 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Source Code delivers enough suspense to appease general audiences but lacks even coherent hypothetical science that will invite heady discussions of multiverse logic and quantum physics among those concerned about such things. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand ... a nifty mystery with snappy action and a real paranoid atmosphere for our (correctly) suspicious hero... Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B A Sci-Fi Classic. It's like if you took Groundhog Day, Inception, and mixed it in a Hitchcock thriller you'd get this. Very complicated film despite a very simple premise underlying it. Really good acting with Jake being the standout and giving a phenominal performance. Playing in a sense two characters. Everyone else is good but doesn't really have anywhere near the focus or depth he has. M.M. is the most memorable for looks more than anything as she's just kind of the token female who really doesn't serve much in the way of key parts to the plot. Excellent editing also. This masterfully weaves a Bomb plot with a deep Sci-Fi Star trek like idea. The Everything else is really good. Great direction also. If there are compaints there all mostly minor save for one. The soundtrack though good and well used feels like it belongs in 1996 more than 2011. The setting is memorable but whenever we go back to reality it's dark and dull to look at. Not very memorable at all. Also, the train can be a bit dull to look at as well. Now the rest is spoilers below. Point being if your a big fan of the director, Sci-Fi, thrillers, or any actors in this than give it a watch. It's really good. *Spoilers* It feels like the bomb plot despite being the main setup takes backstage focus at times as we focus on his Bourne like background. Than once he finds the bomb it gives way to my biggest issue the ending or final 15-20 minutes or so. It feels very anticlimatic. You think it'll be something frantic and instead it feels not tacked on at all but just not what you'd expect from the thriller like buildup. It feels very much more like a soothing ending in a sense. It also is a bit of a mind f*ck and kind of goes against the whole premise of the code. Yeah I know he saved her off the train but still it just kind of works against it I feel. Even despite that, I did like the ending and it didn't feel tacked but yet did. It's so odd. If it would've ended right when time runs out and he's shut off when there all smiling and happy it would've been a perfect bittersweet ending. Cut to black and a masterpiece. But the "Crowd Pleasing" ending that follows....yeah I mean sure it's happy but at the expense of contradicitng things? I liked it but still I have complicated feeling with the ending. Also, why would Farmiga let her emotions get to her and jeperdize the entire project on her emotions? Would'nt she have been vetted before that for such a project? It's kind of farfetched. It's still well done though. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/11/25 Full Review Julian Rex M Duncan Jones' sophomore effort treads through familiar narrative beats, and its ending isn't nearly as satisfying as some those from doppelganger films, but Source Code's confident execution and tightly written screenplay in addition to a delightfully undead Jake Gyllenhaal at least largely offset these few flaws. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/01/25 Full Review Ian F. Trippy and confusing but well constructed. I really enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/23/25 Full Review Audience Member Great concept and one hell of a twist ending you won't see coming. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Sam M Perfect pacing, strong acting, easily lead to an emotional attachment. This is one that will be on many favourite film lists. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Gh05t 9 It was definitely good...a little more interesting than that Tom Cruise time travel movie Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Helicopter pilot Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a top-secret military operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of Sean Fentress, a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of Colter's mission is to learn the identity of the bomber and prevent a similar catastrophe. As Colter lives Sean's final moments, he becomes more certain that he can prevent the first tragedy from occurring -- as long as he doesn't run out of time.
Director
Duncan Jones
Producer
Mark Gordon, Philippe Rousselet, Jordan Wynn
Screenwriter
Ben Ripley
Distributor
Summit Entertainment
Production Co
Vendome Pictures, Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH, StudioCanal, Mark Gordon Productions, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Summit Entertainment, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Some Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 1, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 20, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.7M
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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