It was pretty entertaining! Basically, the premise was what if one could be sent back to experience the last 8 minutes of another person's life. I dun think it makes sense - but i could be wrong. In any event, it really shouldn't distract the viewer from enjoying a pretty good movie.
So Jake Gyllenhaal's character was sent back into the body of a victim who died in a terrorist attack on a train. Having only 8 minutes, he has very little time to find out details about the attack in order to prevent another one that is imminent. So he gets sent back again and again and again and again... until he manages to find out who the bomber is!
But it is not just about that - another all action anti-terrorist movie. Go watch it cuz it asked some really pertinent moral questions - and as usual, the question of what can we allow ourselves to do in order to save the lives of many. Do the ends ever justify the means? Are we allowed to do bad things in order to achieve good results?
I like movies which forces me to think about issues like this!
But on top of that, it was very interesting and thrilling - and we are drawn together with Jake's character in trying to find out who the bomber is as more and more evidence is revealed each time he travels back.
On top of that, i've always been a great fan of Jake as well as Michelle Monaghan - both of whom did not disappoint me at all!
Entertaining, thought-provoking, good acting. What more do you want from a movie?
Oh yeah - Russell Peters appears in the movie too!!!
The first single from her Goodbye Alice in Wonderland album, one of her best songs IMHO.
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