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Déjà Vu (2006)

Genre: Thriller/Action/Sci-fi/Romance

Director: Tony Scott

Certificate: Déjà Vu was rated 12A by the Irish Film Censor's Office (www.ifco.ie) i.e. suitable for those of 12 years of age or upwards. Persons under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Violence = moderate. Drugs = mild. Sex/Nudity = mild. Language = mild.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Déjà Vu

  Review

This is a film directed by Tony Scott where you need to concentrate and really focus, as it's a cop thriller with a hefty measure of science fiction thrown in, so you have to open your mind to all sorts of possibilities.  After a dramatic opening scene, where we see a terrorist explosion on a packed New Orleans ferry during Mardi Gras weekend, we meet super smart ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) and FBI Agent Andrew Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) who is so impressed with Carlin's investigation skills he invites him to join a new team that have developed a program that can allow them, via satellite navigation, to look back in time for approximately four and a half days.

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When the body of a badly burned beautiful black woman Paula Patton (Claire Kurchever) is washed up on a nearby shore it is initially thought she is one of the victims of the ferry disaster, however, on closer scrutiny it would appear her body was found at least an hour before the explosion itself, hence the investigation takes a completely different turn.  It's while Carlin has the new technology at his disposal to assist him with his enquiries that he soon realises that it's not satellite images that he's seeing but somehow this  highly secretive team have developed a time warp that, although untested, may allow him to time travel?

This is when the film's science fiction element really kicks in, and Carlin decides to try and transport himself through time in an attempt to capture the terrorist Carroll Oerstadt (Jim Caviezel) thus preventing the ferry from exploding, and saving the life of Paula.  After watching Paula at close quarters on screen and meeting her father during the investigation, Carlin has, to his great surprise, developed feelings for her.

It's an action thriller with a difference, and I'm not all together sure it fully works, that said it's an enjoyable watch, and Washington as ever gives a solid performance, it has an enigmatic ending that certainly leaves you satisfied, but with some paradoxical questions left unanswered.

Reviewed by Mary Kate, Premier Movie Reviews 2006.

RELATED MOVIE REVIEWS:

Tony Scott: Man On Fire,  Spy Game.  Denzel Washington: Inside Man,  Man On Fire,  Out Of Time,  Remember The Titans,  The Manchurian Candidate.  Val Kilmer: Alexander,  The Missing.  James Caviezel: Angel Eyes,  High Crimes,  Pay It Forward.  Adam Goldberg: A Beautiful Mind,  How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.  Elden Henson: Cast Away,  The Butterfly Effect,  Under The Tuscan Sun.

Main Cast

Denzel Washington

Paula Patton

Val Kilmer

James Caviezel

Adam Goldberg

Elden Henson

Erika Alexander

Bruce Greenwood

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