![]() ![]() We watch as Carlin hits the road wearing special goggles which will visualize 4 days 6 hours earlier, he is bombing along a busy road now but through the goggles is seeing what happened on that road 4 days 6 hours earlier, and so is chasing the terrorist to lead him to his hideout. This basically leads into the main action part of the movie, almost traditional action if you like but before we get to this we have already been treated to one of the cleverest and craziest action scenes you will ever see. And whilst we get a mention of the consequences that changing the past could have on the present it doesn't try to over complicate things. ![]() ![]() And so we have the element of whether or not this worm hole into the past could be used to physically return to the past to save the girl and prevent the terrorist from mass murder. So we have this story with Carlin trying to observe the past to hunt down a terrorist but it doesn't prevent the crime from ever happening, not just the mass murder of the people on the boat but the murder of Claire Kuchever, the body washed up by the river. And to be honest when you don't try to over analyse the science it makes for an entertaining scenario, watching what happened in the past to see how the crime was being committed. Now I will be honest I didn't attempt to follow the science and explanation which is served up because it is such a good idea that I didn't want issues in logic to spoil it. ![]() We get this concept that the FBI science geeks have managed to create basically a worm hole which allows them to observe what happened 4 days and 6 hours before and want Carlin to watch the footage of what happened 4 days 6 hours earlier to help solve who the terrorist was who planted a bomb on a steam boat. At the same time he receives a call from a woman back at head office, a woman is found washed up after the explosion and Carlin manages to see through the obvious to see what is less obvious a connection.īut the thing is that whilst all of Carlin's investigations are important to the case it is the fact that it paints this picture of an Agent with great observational skills which leads him to the FBI recruiting him as part of a special observational team and this is where the element of time travel enters the frame. Now it is Carlin who observes the scene and picks up on the clues which others miss, he is good at visualising what happened and where evidence may be and the FBI are impressed. But this isn't an action packed opening but an act of terrorism which draws in ATF agent Doug Carlin to investigate and brings him into contact with various FBI agents including Agent Paul Pryzwarra. Now I said that "Deja Vu" starts relatively slowly which is a bit of a lie because we have one huge explosion and hundred's of people dead. But in Carlin's head he is wondering whether than just being able to use the system to arrest the terrorist after the crime they could use it to physically go back and not only prevent the crime but for Carlin to save Claire. Recruited to an experimental FBI surveillance unit Carlin discovers that the FBI have managed to create a worm hole to the past, 4 days 6 hours ago and can observe what happened and so want him to use his observational skills to lead them to the terrorist. When a ferry full of servicemen and their families is blown up ATF agent Doug Carlin ( Denzel Washington - John Q) is one of many men investigating the crime and it is his powers of observation which brings him to the attention of the FBI, especially when the body of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton) washes up and he discovers that she had been killed before the bomb but planted to look as if she was a victim. For a movie which gives us the sci-fi of time travel it is cleverly put together and entertaining on different levels so if you want action you've got it but you've also got a well though out storyline. More importantly these three things work because they are accompanied by a decent storyline which starts of relatively slow, builds an intriguing picture before delivering an action packed second half. And these three things basically make up "Deja Vu" we get Scott's style, Washington's character delivery and then the expected action from a "Jerry Bruckheimer production". For those who watch a lot of movies will know that when you see "Jerry Bruckheimer production" you think action, when you see Tony Scott you think style and when you see Denzel Washington you see an actor who can deliver drama and characters. ![]()
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