Saturday, April 2, 2011

Source Code, the movie

Source Code is a sci-fi paradox where the protagonist Captain Colter Stevens [Jake Gyllenhaal] is an unwitting participant in a military program to probe a posthumous inquiry into a terror attack that's already occurred.


With only the last eight minutes of the attack to live through to find vital clues as to the attack and/or attacker, the clock is ticking, but in this case can be set back.  The reality that seems is just an allusion to the past and despair mounts as the hero finds more about the futility of trying to save the passengers, his significant interest and the real state of his present condition.



Personal Thoughts 
Very little postulated, movie/sci-fi science based analyses or explanations given or alluded to, except quantum physics and parabolic calculus (?) being briefly mentioned. Fans of earlier paradoxical movies like Donnie Darko (also a Jake Gyllenhaal starrer), 12:01 (which has a closely similar internal plot) would hardly find the plot confusing or taxing. Although, the director does a good job of keeping the audience unawares to the actuality of Steven's situation or how he got there.

Also a somewhat muted sauntering into parallel universes and the per mutability of existence and how our present conditions pose a seemingly unfaltering course can be altered with some determination.
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