Very compelling sci-fi/romance/action/adventure.

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2003)

Well, if this movie had decided at least by the first half which genre it was going to shoot for, it would have been phenomenal. It did not, however, and is therefore a good movie. It could have been great, but that chance for greatness was lost by the end of the first 45 minutes. The premise is an old one, though there are some good twists - predictable twists, but good, nonetheless.
Willis has never been my favorite actor, but he puts forth the above-average effort here. This movie actually made him have to think; to consider what was happening both to himself, and to the world around him.
For some of you, this movie may take several viewings to get the time line straight, but all in all, I'd say it would be worth the effort.
However good anyone may think Willis is in this movie, it is my opinion, Brad Pitt steals the show. This movie is worth the viewing just to see Brad Pitt as a total spastic megalomaniac suffering from delusions of grandeur and extreme paranoid schizophrenia.
I do enjoy this movie, in spite of the darkling feel it generates.
The cinematography is quite good, and the story line is original even though the most general premise of saving the world by traveling back in time to prevent the onset of disaster, is not.
It rates a 7.8/10 from...
the Fiend :.