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Griffith J A thoughtful & very cool concept that has massive stakes but is grounded by the characters. Gyllenhaal’s performance is great as he convincingly displays all the confusion, stress, & hope of the story. I’m not sure if all the mind bending ideas are as strong as the writing thinks they are but it’s immersive. A surprising amount of heart & humanity that comes out of nowhere yet has a solid impact. It’s a short, tight thrilling ride that gets the job mostly done without much fat. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/25 Full Review 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 4.5/5 Stars •  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 3.5/5 Stars •  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 4/5 Stars •  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 4/5 Stars •  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 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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