Think of the Director Duncan Jones and you think of science fiction. He is unique in the fact that instead of traipsing down the well worn path to fantasy, his sci-fi is used to create worlds which are believable. Whilst the logic is sometimes a bit hard to grasp, it is generally just a by product to the actual drama which is unfolding before you and grabbing your attention.
Source Code can't be pigeon holed as one particular genre, Sci-fi, mystery, thriller and drama. It kicks off as a mystery, and just when you think you have it sussed, it reveals that this was just a premise to the drama. Once you have your head round that it changes direction again. With so much going on, it would be very easy for them to collide and become a giant mess. Source code has been created so cleverly it is clearly one of the best sci-fi films so far this year, as long as you just go with the rather dubious logic of the science.
It's not giving anything away by revealing that much of the impact of Source Code comes from the surprises, and there is a real biggie in there amongst them. Jake Gyllenhaal is the star of the show as helicopter pilot Capt. Colter Stevens. He wakes one morning to find he's part of a Government experiment. He is expected to put his confusion to one side and serve his country in order to help avert a major disaster.
A train outside Chicago has been blown up, and the bomber is threatening to detonate one right in the city. No clues have been left as to his identity, so this new, secret project begins. The Source Code is a programme that lets a test subject relive the last 8 minutes of a chosen persons life. The theory being that everyone has a short term memory that can be expanded and explored. So while in that 8 minute cycle you are in an alternative reality where you can explore then interact with the surroundings.
This isn't a memory, this is reality, but it is also a frozen section of time that can't be used to alter the present, or the future. Essentially it isn't really real, but in one sense it is. Stevens goes into the life of one of the passengers on the train to find the clues to the bomber's identity. He must repeat the 8 minute loop over and over again and keep experiencing the death.
.This is the main concept of the movie. The thread of the film is Stevens undertaking the task and trying to stop the bombing. It does take second place somewhat as the complex story unravels and the truth behind the Source Code and the secrets which Stevens himself is hiding. It isn't perfect but creates something very unusual these days in Hollywood, an original idea turned into an original film, and very good it too.
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