Welcome to Friday Night Videos here at RowThree. Tonight we’re featuring Duncan Jones’ sophomore effort, Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but two things strike me right away. 1) awesome. 2) looks like a slight variation of “Quantum Leap” meets Groundhog Day with Tony Scott’s Deja Vu replacing Punxsutawney Phil.
The premise appears to revolve around a military installation that is able to send a person into the shoes of a man who died in a train explosion over and over again until he is able to discover who the bomber is. Check out this fairly interesting trailer below…
I’m also reminded of one of my favorite ST: TNG episodes in which the Enterprise explodes at the beginning of the episode before going to commercial. Then it repeats over and over again and the crew must figure out wtf.
Looks awesome. Duncan Jones is the real deal.
Cool – Jeffrey Wright sounds a bit ridiculous, but I’ll let him off because it looks brilliant.
I love the director, but think this is a big step backwards for him. I really hope that the tone of the trailer is not representative of the film and that Jones has a few surprises up his sleeve that differentiate it (a la Inception) from the usual Sci-Fi Action fare…
While I’m interested in seeing this I’m sort of surprised at how positive the reception is to this trailer. Looks like a pretty standard, middle of the road sci-fi actioner a la DeJa Vu, Next, Paycheck, etc.
I’m interested simply because of Jones but the trailer itself seems pretty uninspired.
Exactly what Jay said. EXACTLY.
I’m cautiously optimistic, I guess. There’s an intriguing concept in there, but the trailer seems a bit flat. And I’m kind of meh on Jake Gyllenhaal. Too bad he couldn’t get Sam Rockwell again.
But I’m hopeful enough to trust that Jones has another good film here.
Everyone can relaxe, its not an action film. Its also a solid and unique take on time travel.
Matt- Is it closer to Primer or Timecrimes?
Timecrimes.