Could have been so much better

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2007)

SPOILER WARNING: Don't get me wrong, this film was very well made. I was taking note of the techniques used and the effects were not too over the top most of the time.
The main problem I had with the film arose towards the very end. The film led up to Denzel Washington's character being unable to change anything in the past - which would have made a much more interesting film... too many movies have been based around people altering the course of destiny.
The other problem I had with the film was the practicality of the equipment that the FBI were using. Initially, the film alluded to the equipment using different satellite images and thermo imaging from 4 days in the past to produce a world in which investigators could move around in - that was a very very interesting idea, regardless of how difficult it would be to recreate in today's modern world... I liked this idea much more than the science-fiction turn the film made by claiming to fold the time/space continuum in order to look into the actual past.
So in summary, the film wasn't bad, it was just lacking so much more.