Even for time travel enthusiasts who'll see story holes big enough to drive the ferry through, this can be a fun movie. Just don't think too hard about it.
Deja Vu (2006)
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Reviews Counted:152
Fresh:86
Rotten:66
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Tony Scott tries to combine action, science fiction, romance, and explosions into one movie, but the time travel conceit might be too preposterous and the action falls apart under scrutiny.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:15-12-2006
Synopsis: After the success of 2004's MAN ON FIRE, director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington teamed up once again--this time alongside high-powered producer Jerry Bruckheimer--to deliver this big-budget... After the success of 2004's MAN ON FIRE, director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington teamed up once again--this time alongside high-powered producer Jerry Bruckheimer--to deliver this big-budget spectacle of an action picture set in post-Katrina New Orleans. The city is delivered another crushing blow when a ferry explodes, killing over 500 innocent citizens. Only this time, nature wasn't the cause of the tragedy. Enter ATF officer Doug Carlin (Washington), who is recruited by a newly formed FBI unit (headed by Val Kilmer) to help track down the killer (a Timothy McVeigh-esque Jim Caviezel). When a body is found floating in the river, it is determined that the victim was murdered before the ferry blast occurred. Unfortunately, the victim was the impossibly beautiful Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), whose death has begun to torment Carlin. Adding a new level to the investigation is a top-secret FBI invention, which allows a select group to view the past on screen as if it had been videotaped days earlier. The more Carlin sees of Kuchever, the more connected to her he becomes, until he decides to risk his life by traveling back in time and altering the course of history. Plausibility isn't the number one reason to watch a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, and DÉJÀ VU is certainly no exception. This time around, however, Bruckheimer wisely recruited Scott and Washington to bring their expertise to the project. The result is another stylish and atmospheric drama/thriller/romance/action-adventure hybrid, which raises interesting questions as it entertains. [More]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Eldon Henson, Erika Alexander, Paul Cameron
Director: Tony Scott
Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Reviews for Deja Vu
Certainly Tony Scott's best movie since Enemy of the State, and probably since the Tarantino-scripted True Romance.
Déjà Vu is one film that you'll be happy to revisit %u2014 whether it's to deconstruct the plot, pore over the science or just rerun as a great, engaging, adult adventure.
O filme apresenta um conceito tão interessante que, confesso, a idéia de ver novas aventuras centradas nesta premissa é algo que me agradaria.
It may not make total sense, but Déjà vu is a highly enjoyable, superbly made thriller. Like me, you may want to see it again
This slight variation on the time travel theme will engage you to the extent that you are able to forgive a script which repeatedly relies on cartoon physics to explain away every improbable plot development
Scott manages to keep his rhythm high and the tension spiking, without causing migranes. Which is pretty much a first in a long time.
Basically entertaining, but it disappointingly drops off from a promising start of spiritually poignant, popular-science fun and whiz-bang action to an autopilot conclusion.
With two lines of dialogue, The Matrix had more to say about the phenomenon of deja vu than an entire movie with the same title.
An unforeseen mix of action, sci-fi, and even a hint of romance, Deja Vu's pleasures are in delivering what we don't see coming.
A high-tech thriller that reaches too far with its themes of time travel and a life-saving miracle.
Although it's not being touted as a science-fiction movie, that's most certainly the genre in which "Deja Vu" belongs.
Not a thing about this story withstands two second's worth of scrutiny.
While not as nasty as Man on Fired, Scott's apparently indestructable dreadfulness is in full display in Deja Vu.
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