Compulsive time travel entertainment.

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2014)

A man attempts to prevent a terrorist attack and save a woman with whom he has falling in love with.
Satisfying science fiction that handles time travel more subtle than most. Tony Scott's Déjà Vu is a very rounded well constructed piece of entertainment. Although the closing ties things up a little too nicely in terms of Doug Carlin's 'duplicate' it still manages to inject some ambiguity into the end.
Déjà Vu has plenty of heart and is more thriller than scifi, it's not too gadget/techie driven and Scott's realistic style of filming and the New Orleans setting draws you in from the off, it's quite compulsive viewing right up to the conclusion. With a great supporting cast actor Denzel Washington is on his usual fine form, Paula Patton is convincing and Val Kilmer gives a great performance (even with his limited screen time).
Scott slightly drops the ball with the chase scene and a few plot points don't appear air tight. Even though much of the time travel dialogue may have your eyes rolling the acting is great. Would could have been a B-film yarn is pleasingly given a A-list makeover thanks to Tony Scott's visual prowess.
Solid time travel entertainment.