We have all had the feeling of déjà vu, and most of us just pass it off as some latent feel of familiarity with some one or some thing. This movie is a very well hidden science fiction story about time travel that is staged in the modern timeframe in New Orleans. This movie is directed by Tony Scott and it shows again his versatility in subject and film style to bring an enjoyable story to the audience. Denzel Washington leads a cast that includes James Caviezel and Val Kilmer, and shows why he is one of the best actors in the industry today.
After a terrorist bomb destroys a ferry in New Orleans, ATF agent Doug Carlin joins a government branch that has discovered the ability to look into the past, by four days, and may be able identify the bomber and possibly stop him. Some of the effects that are used are a little confusing to see, especially when looking through the time goggles and seeing the past and present at the same time. But that doesn't take way from the action that is taken place in both timeframes. The story is smart and the acting is tight, so much so that at the pace that the movie moves at you don't realize that two hours have flown by.
I didn't expect too much from this film when I first heard about it, it sounded like a rip off of the TV series 7 Days, but I was pleasantly surprised. In so ways there are elements to the story that are quite original, and there are others that just look at old ideas from a new and different direction. All of this is put together into a film that is fun, entertaining and thought provoking, and it will give you a whole new way to look at that feeling of déjà vu.
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