Entertaining, but Nothing New

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2006)

Sometimes a good movie can be more frustrating than a bad one and that is the case in "Deja Vu."
The problem is that the description of the movie on IMDb tells you it involves time travel and the trailer shows Denzel Washington with the murder victim, so you know it is going to happen. But this part of the film comes in the last 30 minutes.
"Deja Vu" is a good movie but with a little editing and a little reworking of script, it could have been a great one.
Tony Scott has toned down his directing style a bit from "Man on Fire" and "Domino," but it is still a nice looking film.
I had never seen Paula Patton before and she is really good, but she is hardly in the movie. I wish they had made her role bigger. Denzel Washington is good, as always. Val Kilmer really needs to go on a diet. He gets fatter in every film.
The music was okay, but the film would have benefited from a better score.
"Deja Vu" is almost a great science fiction movie. It involves time travel and you have to suspend belief. If you like good action film that requires a decent amount of thinking, you might want to see "Deja Vu."