Deja Vu

Movie 🎥 Review: “Deja Vu”. Critics gave it a 55% the users an 73%. Rated: PG 13 with a running time of 2 hrs and 06 min with an IMDb of 7.1/10. Cast: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Adam Goldberg and Bruce Greenwood.

The team of top-secret program brings ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) into its midst to capture the terrorist (Jim Caviezel) responsible for a ferry bombing that left hundreds dead. Its amazing technology lets the team fold time four days backward and see the madman's movements as he plots to kill a woman who could give him away. Doug realizes that the technology could allow him to do what law-enforcement officers dream of -- go back in time to prevent the crime.

Deja Vu is a 2006 American science fiction action film[6] directed by Tony Scott, written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.  Filming took place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  The film premiered in New York City on November 20, 2006, and was released in the United States and Canada on November 22, 2006. It received mixed reviews from critics and earned $180 million worldwide against its $75 million production budget. It was the 23rd most successful film worldwide for 2006. The film was nominated for five awards, and also won the International Gold Reel Award.

I'd say this movie definitely lived up to expectations I had from the ad trailers. We have a present day crime thriller crossed with sci-fi time travel and the movie kicks ass. Don't be turned off by the professional reviewers. There weren’t any Oscars for this film, but it was an action-filled thriller that kept me guessing till the end. The story, the characters, and the effects mesh well to suspend belief to the point that you "get on-board" and enjoy the ride.

This is the way to do sci-fi with believable real life situations. The cinematography, the implementation of technology, and even a beautiful (but presently dead) damsel in distress, combine to give the actors, who are uniformly good to excellent, the boost to put this in rarefied good sci-fi territory.

This is the kind of film you kick back and watch on a rainy day/night……….you won’t be disappointed…..Enjoy!