Source Code Review

Source Code directed by Duncan Jones tells the story of Captain Colter Steven's, played by Jake Gyllenhaal,  who thinks he is fighting in Afghanistan but is in fact inside the Source Code. A machine that lets Captain Colter relive the last 8 minutes of a train journey before it blows up. Captain Colter's job is to try and find the bomber so he can't attack again in Chicago which would kill thousands. 

My first impression when I first read about this film was No Thanks,  Like Adjustment Bureau before it, Source Code shows a lot of resemblance to Christopher Nolan's Inception which seems to have started a new trend of clever time twisting films.

In my opinion Source Code works well. Its a million times better then The Adjustment Bureau (which just seemed like a hour and a half B&Q advert) but in this new genre of time twisting films it does not live up to the expectations of Inception.

One of the highlight's of the film is actually the supporting cast. Michelle Monaghan plays Christina, a girl Captain Colter meets on the train, Vera Farmiga plays Carol Goodwin, a army officer who communicates with Captain Colter while he is inside the Source Code machine and finally Jeffrey Wright playing Dr Rutledge, the inventor of the Source Code machine.

The direction of the film didn't impress me, It seemed to me that Duncan Jones wanted to try everything new all at once. This was Jones' downfall. What could of been a very well directed film was merely a mediocre film.

The film lacks excitement. It is everything I expected it to be, Jake Gyllenhaal travels back to a train to find a bomber, he fails and gets blown up, Jake then goes back again and tries to find the bomber, fails and thens he gets blown up again. This pattern continues a few more times before Jake's character, Captain Colter does finally change the future by capturing the bomber and saving everybody on the train.

Source Code - 2/5

Although the film is well thought out and is quite easy to follow, it lacks excitement and humour.