Hollywood Preview: Source Code

Updated on: 29 April,2011 11:01 AM IST |
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Film buffs are already calling it the film of the year with comparisons to a classic like Groundhog Day and new loves like Inception and The Matrix. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives this one a 'Fresh' 90 per cent rating.

Genre: Techno-thriller
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan

Director Duncan Jones (Moon) is a definite draw and we have the film's lead actor Jake Gyllenhaal to thank, as he insisted on Jones, despite the latter's relucatance to take on the sci-fi project so soon after his much-appreciated yet under-loved debut.

About the film
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs.

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