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Source Code

'As usual you will have 8 minutes'

Well it takes me ages to get anything done so i guarantee that this wont get done in 8 minutes....
Unlike me is Captain Colter Stevens who after a terrorist attack on a train in Chicago,  awakes in a mysterious chamber to find he is connected to a system named the source code. Inside the source code he is continuously looped into an 8 minute segment of time in order to find and prevent a bomber from a second even more devastating attack. Trapped in another mans body in his last 8 minutes of life, Colter has no idea where he is, what's happening or how he got there and as an unknown military organisation pushes him to complete his mission he struggles to find the answers he seeks. Eventually Colter, by using the source code itself to his advantage, can begin to search for the truth and reveal who he really is.

All the four central characters are portrayed really well, Jake Gyllenhaal is awesome as ever in portraying Colter trapped in confusion over his fate(and in struggling with the reality of the events) Doctor Rutledge, is shown from the outset to be a behind the scenes kind of guy and one with something to hide (as always in a thriller like this) who can never really be trusted. 'The girl' Christina Warren doesn't exactly stand out but that's the point shes supposed to fit in which in my books is good as it works, shes the one who adds the emotion to which Colter is eager to protect, the damsel in distress(even if she doesn't realize it). The military advisor, Captain Goodwin adds the human element to the world outside the source code while Rutledge is after credit you can tell Goodwin is genuinely in it to save lives and as the mission draws out so does her empathy for Colter.

As far as Sci-fi thrillers go i usually feel disappointed as they never fully live up to my expectations, but Source Code actually changed that, i actually cared about the characters, a story which i wasn't instantly able to predict and an actual mystery. At the beginning it was intriguing so much so that i  started trying to figure out who was the terrorist in hiding( you know, when you start going 'I bet it's gonna be her/him')and as it progressed i started thinking what the heck is going on(in a good way) in which sense that it reminded me of 'The Butter fly effect'. My only down point of the whole film was towards the end, a portion where all the Sci-fi elements fly out the window and it becomes all about the relationships and emotions of the characters, however it was only a few minutes later that it throws you back into the thriller element and your once again hooked. This is definitely the best action/thriller I've seen in a while which actually does what it says and entertains its audience to the point where the credits are rolling and you realize you didn't want it to end and wonder.....                                                  
if only you could re-live the past 8 minutes.....

8  /  10

FIN.

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